Aegypiinae
The Aegypiinae is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures, the other being the Gypaetinae.
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| Lappet-faced vultures (left) and a white-backed vulture | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
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Species
| Subfamily | Genus | Common and binomial names | Image | Range |
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| Aegypiinae | Aegypius | Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus |
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Southwestern and central Europe, Turkey, the central Middle East, northern India, central and east Asia |
| †Aegypius jinniushanensis | Formerly China | |||
| †Aegypius prepyrenaicus | Formerly Spain | |||
| Gyps | Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus |
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Mountains in southern Europe, north Africa and Asia | |
| White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis |
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Northern and central India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and southeast Asia | ||
| Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli |
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The Sahel region of central Africa | ||
| Indian vulture Gyps indicus |
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Central and peninsular India | ||
| Slender-billed vulture Gyps tenuirostris |
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The Sub-Himalayan regions of India and into Southeast Asia | ||
| Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis |
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The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau | ||
| White-backed vulture Gyps africanus |
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Savannahs of west and east Africa | ||
| Cape vulture Gyps coprotheres |
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Southern Africa | ||
| Necrosyrtes | Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus |
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Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Sarcogyps | Red-headed vulture Sarcogyps calvus |
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The Indian Subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in Southeast Asia | |
| Torgos | Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos |
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Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sinai and Negev deserts and north-west Saudi Arabia | |
| Trigonoceps | White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis |
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Sub-Saharan Africa. Extinct populations occur in Indonesia.[1] | |
| †Neogyps | ||||
† = extinct
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References
- Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A. (2001). Raptors of the World. Illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead, and Philip Burton. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-12762-7. Retrieved 2011-05-26.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (1999). Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Illustrated by Clive Byers et al. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04910-6. OCLC 43578307.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Lerner, Heather R. L.; Mindell, David P. (November 2005). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (2): 327–346. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15925523. Retrieved 31 May 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Hanneke J.M.; et al. "Continental-style avian extinctions on an oceanic island" (PDF). Repository.si.edu. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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