White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (31)
- Monotypic
William S. Clark, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 6, 2016
Text last updated March 6, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | পাতি শগুণ |
| Bulgarian | Бенгалски лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor dorsiblanc asiàtic |
| Chinese (SIM) | 白背兀鹫 |
| Czech | sup bengálský |
| Danish | Bengalgrib |
| Dutch | Bengaalse Gier |
| English | White-rumped Vulture |
| English (United States) | White-rumped Vulture |
| Finnish | bengalinkorppikotka |
| French | Vautour chaugoun |
| French (France) | Vautour chaugoun |
| German | Bengalengeier |
| Hebrew | נשר לבן-שת |
| Icelandic | Svartgammur |
| Japanese | ベンガルハゲワシ |
| Kannada | ಬಿಳಿಬೆನ್ನಿನ ರಣಹದ್ದು |
| Malayalam | ചുട്ടിക്കഴുകൻ |
| Marathi | पांढरपाठी गिधाड |
| Norwegian | bengalgribb |
| Persian | دال پشت سفید |
| Polish | sęp bengalski |
| Russian | Бенгальский сип |
| Serbian | Bengalski sup |
| Slovak | sup černastý |
| Spanish | Buitre Dorsiblanco Asiático |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre dorsiblanco asiático |
| Swedish | bengalgam |
| Thai | อีแร้งเทาหลังขาว |
| Turkish | Bengal Akbabası |
| Ukrainian | Сип бенгальський |
Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788)
PROTONYM:
Vultur bengalensis
Gmelin, 1788. Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I [pars I], p.245.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Bengal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYPS
- gyps
- bengalensis
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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 White-rumped Vulture
