Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (35)
- Monotypic
William S. Clark, Peter F. D. Boesman, Guy M. Kirwan, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated December 29, 2016
Text last updated December 29, 2016
Sign in to see your badges
Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Himalaja Aasvoël |
| Assamese | শগুন |
| Bulgarian | Хималайски лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor de l'Himàlaia |
| Chinese (SIM) | 高山兀鹫 |
| Czech | sup himálajský |
| Danish | Himalayagrib |
| Dutch | Himalayagier |
| English | Himalayan Griffon |
| English (India) | Himalayan Griffon (Himalayan Vulture) |
| English (United States) | Himalayan Griffon |
| Finnish | himalajankorppikotka |
| French | Vautour de l'Himalaya |
| French (France) | Vautour de l'Himalaya |
| German | Schneegeier |
| Hebrew | נשר הימלאיה |
| Icelandic | Fjallgammur |
| Indonesian | Nasar benggala |
| Japanese | ヒマラヤハゲワシ |
| Korean | 고산대머리수리 |
| Malayalam | ഹിമാലയൻ കഴുകൻ |
| Mongolian | Хималайн хажир |
| Norwegian | himalayagribb |
| Persian | دال هیمالیایی |
| Polish | sęp himalajski |
| Russian | Кумай |
| Serbian | Himalajski sup |
| Slovak | sup snežný |
| Slovenian | Himalajski jastreb |
| Spanish | Buitre del Himalaya |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre del Himalaya |
| Swedish | snögam |
| Thai | อีแร้งสีน้ำตาลหิมาลัย |
| Turkish | Himalaya Akbabası |
| Ukrainian | Кумай |
Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869
PROTONYM:
Gyps Himalayensis
Hume, 1869. My scrapbook: or rough notes on Indian oology and ornithology, p.12,15.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Himalayas.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYPS
- gyps
- himalayensis
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 Himalayan Griffon
