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 2 years ago 1 min 12 sec 4.8 -
A bird drinking beside a Common Magpie, eventually being harassed by it. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2009 2 years ago 1 min 5 sec 4.6 -
A group of 3 ind. after feeding on a dead sheep. Locality Torelló, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain
Carles Martorell 16 May 2011 33 weeks ago 31 sec 4.5 -
A bird preening. Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 18 June 2009 2 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
An adult soaring close to the videographer Locality Farangi, Rosas, Crete Region, Greece (ssp fulvus)
Brendan Marnell 30 September 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a crag Locality Lleida Province, Catalonia, Spain
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2011 18 weeks ago 53 sec 4.3
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Adult flying close by
Locality Huesca, Aragón, Spain
Brendan Marnell 27 April 2010 1 year ago 4.6 -
One bird in flight.
Locality Verdon Gorge, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Franck Renard 19 December 2007 3 years ago 4.6 -
Flying over Albercutx tower, Formentor, Mallorca, March 2009.
Locality Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 22 March 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
two birds after the meal
Locality Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Skua Nature 18 December 2010 1 year ago 4.5 -
Close-up flying at Pena Falcon is not unusual.
Locality Monfragüe National Park, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Brendan Marnell 31 August 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird drinking.
Locality Muel, Zaragoza, Aragón, Spain (ssp fulvus)
Jesús Laborda 1 July 2010 1 year ago 4.4
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