White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (32)
- Monotypic
Alan C. Kemp, David Christie, Guy M. Kirwan, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 4, 2015
Text last updated November 4, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witrugaasvoël |
| Asturian | Utre africana |
| Basque | Sai gibelzuri afrikarra |
| Bulgarian | Белогръб лешояд |
| Catalan | voltor dorsiblanc africà |
| Czech | sup africký |
| Danish | Hvidrygget Grib |
| Dutch | Witruggier |
| English | White-backed Vulture |
| English (United States) | White-backed Vulture |
| Finnish | savannikorppikotka |
| French | Vautour africain |
| French (France) | Vautour africain |
| Galician | Voitre africano |
| German | Weißrückengeier |
| Hebrew | נשר לבן-גב |
| Hungarian | Fehérhátú keselyű |
| Icelandic | Skellugammur |
| Japanese | コシジロハゲワシ |
| Norwegian | hvitryggribb |
| Polish | sęp afrykański |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Grifo-de-dorso-branco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Grifo-africano |
| Russian | Африканский сип |
| Serbian | Beloleđi sup |
| Slovak | sup hrdzavohnedý |
| Slovenian | Sajasti plešec |
| Spanish | Buitre Dorsiblanco Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Buitre dorsiblanco africano |
| Swedish | vitryggig gam |
| Turkish | Ak Sırtlı Akbaba |
| Ukrainian | Сип африканський |
Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865
PROTONYM:
Gyps africanus
Salvadori, 1865. Notizia storica dei lavori fatti dalla Classe di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino negli anni 1864 e 1865, p.133.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sennar.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYPS
- gyps
- africanus
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 White-backed Vulture
