Slender-billed Vulture
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Slender-billed Vulture
Here the details of the Slender-billed Vulture named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Gyps tenuirostris Gen.Birds 1 pt2 p.6 pl.[3]
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Gyps
Taxonomy Code: slbvul1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
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).
tenuirostra / tenuirostre / tenuirostris
L. tenuis, tenue slender; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
