Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus) - HBW 2, p. 127
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 Enlarge map
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A bird being harassed by Common Magpies Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 3 years ago 1 min 12 sec 4.8 -
A close up of an adult bird Locality Entrepeñas, Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Javier Ortas 4 March 2012 1 year ago 35 sec 4.8 -
A group of 3 ind. after feeding on a dead sheep. Locality Torelló, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Carles Martorell 16 May 2011 1 year ago 31 sec 4.7 -
A bird drinking beside a Common Magpie, eventually being harassed by it. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2009 3 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.7 -
Several adults and juveniles feeding on a dead sheep Locality Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jorge Falagán Fernández 28 June 2006 6 years ago 48 sec 4.6 -
A bird preening. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 3 years ago 29 sec 4.5
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Fly, first moments,
Locality Segovia, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp ssp fulvus)
jorgerubio 3 March 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.4 -
One bird in flight.
Locality Verdon Gorge, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Franck Renard 19 December 2007 4 years ago 4.4 -
in flight very close to me
Locality Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Cristiano Crolle 16 March 2013 12 weeks ago 4.4 -
Flying over Albercutx tower, Formentor, Mallorca, March 2009.
Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 22 March 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Flying vulture
Locality La Cañada, Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain (ssp fulvus)
juan 13 October 2012 34 weeks ago 4.3 -
almost at my level
Locality Verdon Gorge, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Cristiano Crolle 3 November 2012 31 weeks ago 4.3
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