Eurasian Griffon

Here the details of the Eurasian Griffon named bird below:

SCI Name:  Gyps fulvus
Protonym:  Vultur fulvus NeueNordischeBeytrage 4 p.58
Taxonomy:  Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Gyps
Taxonomy Code:  eurgri1
Type Locality:  Samamisian Alps, Gilan, Iran.
Author:  Hablizl
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GYPS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Griffon Vulture G. fulvus) Gr. γυψ gups, γυπος gupos  vulture; "1. GYPS.  Bec gros: cire compacte: narines simples, transverses; langue bordée d'aiguillons; quatorze rectrices.  ...  GENRE 1, GYPS.  ...  ESPÈCE.  1. GYPS vulgaris.  Le Griffon." (de Savigny 1809): based on γυψ or vultur of all the ancient authors, and Vultur fulvus Gmelin; "Gyps Savigny, Descr. Égypte, Ois. 1, 1809, p. 68, 71. Type, by monotypy, Gyps vulgaris Savigny = Vultur fulvus Hablizl." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 261).
Var. Cyps.
Synon. Pseudogyps.

gyps
Gr. γυψ gups, γυπος gupos  vulture (syn. Gyps coprotheres).

fulvum / fulvus
L. fulvus  tawny, deep yellow, brown, fulvous.
● ex “Cream-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo jamaicensis).
● ex “Aigle de Montevideo” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.), 1800-1802 (syn. Buteogallus urubitinga) (= ☼).
● ex “Tangara jaune à tête noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 809, fig. 2, and “Tangara mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lanio).
● ex “Oriolus Maderaspatanus fulvus” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Oriolus kundoo).

SUBSPECIES

Eurasian Griffon (fulvus)
SCI Name: Gyps fulvus fulvus
fulvum / fulvus
L. fulvus  tawny, deep yellow, brown, fulvous.
● ex “Cream-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo jamaicensis).
● ex “Aigle de Montevideo” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.), 1800-1802 (syn. Buteogallus urubitinga) (= ☼).
● ex “Tangara jaune à tête noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 809, fig. 2, and “Tangara mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lanio).
● ex “Oriolus Maderaspatanus fulvus” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Oriolus kundoo).

Eurasian Griffon (fulvescens)
SCI Name: Gyps fulvus fulvescens
fulvescens
Med. L. fulvescens, fulvescentis  glowing yellow  < fulvescere  to glow yellow  < L. fulvus  tawny.
● See: furvescens