Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos Scientific name definitions
- EN Endangered
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (3)
Alan C. Kemp, David Christie, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 5, 2015
Text last updated November 5, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartaasvoël |
| Arabic | نسر أذون |
| Bulgarian | Африкански дългоух лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor orellut |
| Croatian | veliki sup |
| Czech | sup ušatý |
| Danish | Øregrib |
| Dutch | Oorgier |
| English | Lappet-faced Vulture |
| English (United States) | Lappet-faced Vulture |
| Finnish | korvakorppikotka |
| French | Vautour oricou |
| French (France) | Vautour oricou |
| German | Ohrengeier |
| Greek | Τόργος |
| Hebrew | עזניית הנגב |
| Hungarian | Füles keselyű |
| Icelandic | Eyrnagammur |
| Japanese | ミミヒダハゲワシ |
| Lithuanian | Afrikinis ausuotasis grifas |
| Norwegian | øregribb |
| Polish | sęp uszaty |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abutre-real |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abutre-real |
| Romanian | Vultur urechiat |
| Russian | Ушастый гриф |
| Serbian | Ćelavi strvinar |
| Slovak | sup ušatý |
| Slovenian | Golouhi jastreb |
| Spanish | Buitre Torgo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre torgo |
| Swedish | örongam |
| Turkish | Sarkık Yanaklı Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Гриф африканський |
| Zulu | indlangamandla |
Torgos tracheliotos (Forster, 1796)
PROTONYM:
Vultur tracheliotus
Forster, 1796. Le Vaillant's neue Reise in das Innere von Afrika, während der Jahre 1783 bis 1785 3, p.363 pl.12.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Great Namaqualand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TORGOS
- tracheliotos / tracheliotus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Lappet-faced Vulture
