Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (50)
- Monotypic
Alfredo Salvador
Version: 3.0 — Published June 7, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shkaba e zezë |
| Arabic | النسر الاسود |
| Armenian | Սև անգղ |
| Asturian | Utre prieta |
| Azerbaijani | Qara kərkəs |
| Basque | Sai beltza |
| Bulgarian | Черен лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor negre |
| Chinese | 禿鷲 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 禿鷲 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 秃鹫 |
| Croatian | sup starješina |
| Czech | sup hnědý |
| Danish | Munkegrib |
| Dutch | Monniksgier |
| English | Cinereous Vulture |
| English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Cinereous Vulture |
| English (UK) | Black Vulture |
| English (United States) | Cinereous Vulture |
| Finnish | munkkikorppikotka |
| French | Vautour moine |
| French (France) | Vautour moine |
| Galician | Voitre negro |
| German | Mönchsgeier |
| Greek | Μαυρόγυπας |
| Hebrew | עזנייה שחורה |
| Hungarian | Barátkeselyű |
| Icelandic | Kuflgammur |
| Italian | Avvoltoio monaco |
| Japanese | クロハゲワシ |
| Korean | 독수리 |
| Latvian | Melnais grifs |
| Lithuanian | Varninis grifas |
| Malayalam | കരിങ്കഴുകൻ |
| Mongolian | Нөмрөг тас |
| Norwegian | munkegribb |
| Persian | دال سیاه |
| Polish | sęp kasztanowaty |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abutre-preto |
| Romanian | Vultur negru |
| Russian | Чёрный гриф |
| Serbian | Crni strvinar |
| Slovak | sup tmavohnedý |
| Slovenian | Rjavi jastreb |
| Spanish | Buitre Negro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre negro |
| Swedish | grågam |
| Thai | อีแร้งดำหิมาลัย |
| Turkish | Kara Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Гриф чорний |
Revision Notes
Alfredo Salvador evaluated and revised the entire account.
Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Vultur Monachus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.122.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Arabia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AEGYPIUS
- monachus
- Monachus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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