Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (29)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, David Christie, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 4, 2016
Text last updated May 4, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Monnikaasvoël |
| Bulgarian | Качулат лешояд |
| Catalan | aufrany fosc |
| Czech | sup kapucín |
| Danish | Hættegrib |
| Dutch | Kapgier |
| English | Hooded Vulture |
| English (United States) | Hooded Vulture |
| Finnish | huppukorppikotka |
| French | Vautour charognard |
| French (France) | Vautour charognard |
| German | Kappengeier |
| Greek | Νεκροσύρτης |
| Hebrew | נשרון כיפה |
| Icelandic | Hettugammur |
| Japanese | ズキンハゲワシ |
| Norwegian | hettegribb |
| Polish | sęp brunatny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Abutre-de-capuz |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Abutre-de-capucho |
| Russian | Бурый стервятник |
| Serbian | Crna kanja |
| Slovak | sup čiapočkatý |
| Slovenian | Kapucasti jastreb |
| Spanish | Alimoche Sombrío |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alimoche sombrío |
| Swedish | kappgam |
| Turkish | Keşiş Akbabası |
| Ukrainian | Стерв’ятник бурий |
Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823)
PROTONYM:
Cathartes monachus
Temminck, 1823. Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.38, pl.222.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- NECROSYRTES
- monachus
- Monachus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Hooded Vulture
