Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae) - HBW 2
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
French: Vautour fauve
German: Gänsegeier
Spanish: Buitre Leonado
Other common names: Griffon Vulture
Taxonomy: Vultur fulvus Hablizl, 1783, Samamisian Alps, Gilan, Iran.
Sometimes considered conspecific with G. coprotheres; also occasionally with G. himalayensis. Forms superspecies with G. coprotheres and probably with G. rueppellii; possibly also with G. himalayensis and G. indicus. Population of Punjab Salt Range (Pakistan), erroneously described as G. indicus jonesi, actually belongs to race fulvescens of present species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fulvus (Hablizl, 1783) - NW Africa and Iberian Peninsula E through Balkans, Turkey, Middle East, Arabia and Iran to Pamirs and Altai.
- fulvescens Hume, 1869 - Afghanistan, Pakistan and N India E to Assam.
- Least Concern
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A bird drinking beside a Common Magpie, eventually being harassed by it. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2009 33 weeks ago 1 min 5 sec 4.8 -
A bird being harassed by Common Magpies Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 34 weeks ago 1 min 12 sec 4.8 -
An adult soaring in circles Farangi, Rosas, Crete, Greece (ssp fulvus)
Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 2 years ago 48 sec 4.7 -
An adult descending and finally landing in rocks Selinari Gorge, Crete, Greece (ssp fulvus)
Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 2 years ago 43 sec 4.7 -
A bird preening. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 36 weeks ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A bird on the ground, looking around. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 4 June 2009 37 weeks ago 24 sec 4.5
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Adult flying Navarre, Spain
Nicole Bouglouan 26 May 2006 7 weeks ago 4.7 -
Gyps fulvus landing. Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 24 October 2009 20 weeks ago 4.6 -
One bird in flight. Verdon Gorge, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Franck Renard 19 December 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird on a rock Catalonia, Spain
Franck Renard 11 February 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
A bird on the ground. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 20 July 2009 23 weeks ago 4.3 -
An individual looking around. Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 20 July 2009 23 weeks ago 4.3
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