Indian Vulture Gyps indicus Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
William S. Clark, David Christie, and Jeffrey S. Marks
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 27, 2014
Text last updated October 27, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Индийски лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor de l'Índia |
| Chinese (SIM) | 印度兀鹫 |
| Czech | sup indický |
| Danish | Indisk Grib |
| Dutch | Indische Gier |
| English | Indian Vulture |
| English (India) | Indian Vulture (Indian Long-billed Vulture) |
| English (United States) | Indian Vulture |
| Finnish | intiankorppikotka |
| French | Vautour indien |
| French (France) | Vautour indien |
| German | Indiengeier |
| Hebrew | נשר הודי |
| Icelandic | Klettagammur |
| Japanese | インドハゲワシ |
| Malayalam | തവിട്ട് കഴുകൻ |
| Marathi | भारतीय गिधाड |
| Norwegian | indiagribb |
| Polish | sęp indyjski |
| Russian | Индийский сип |
| Serbian | Indijski sup |
| Slovak | sup dlhozobý |
| Spanish | Buitre Indio |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre indio |
| Swedish | indisk gam |
| Turkish | Hint Akbabası |
| Ukrainian | Сип індійський |
Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786)
PROTONYM:
Vultur indicus
Scopoli, 1786. Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae 2, p.85.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYPS
- gyps
- indicus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Indian Vulture
