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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Monniksgier
Common Names in English:
Black Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Monk Vulture
Common Names in French:
Vautour Moine
Common Names in German:
Mönchsgeier
Common Names in Hebrew:
עוזנייה שחורה
Common Names in Italian:
Avvoltoio Monaco
Common Names in Japanese:
クロハゲワシ
Common Names in Russian:
Chyorny Grif, Гриф черный
Common Names in Spanish:
Buitre Negro
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 699 meters (0 to 2,293 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: List of Habitats : 1.4 Forest - Temperate 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 4.4 Grassland - Temperate 8.3 Desert - Cold
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
()
- Genus:
Aegypius
()
- Savigny 1809 Descr.Egypte 1 p.68,73
- Specific name:
monachus
- (Linnaeus) 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.122
- Scientific name: - Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus) 1766
- Specific name:
monachus
- (Linnaeus) 1766 Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.122
- Genus:
Aegypius
(
- Subfamily:
Accipitrinae
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aegypius
There are approximately 5 species in this genus:
A. calvus (Red-Headed Vulture) · A. monachus (Cinereous Vulture) · A. occipitalis (White-Headed Vulture) · A. tracheliotus (Lappet-Faced Vulture) · A. tracheliotus nubicus
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 695.
- Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 94, p. 97.
- Avifauna Macedonica; die ornithologischen Ergenisse der Forschungsreisen, unternommen nach Mazedonien durch Prof. Dr. Doflein und Prof. L. M... in den Jahren 1917 und 1918. M, Dultz & co., 1920. GER url p. 251, p. 266.
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Beitr zur Vogelfauna der Mark Brandenburg. Materialen zu einer Ornithologie der norddeutschen Tiefebene auf Grund eigener Beobachtungen und darauf gegrr Studien. Berlin, Deutsche ornithologische Gesellschaft, 1919. GER url p. 142, p. 258.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
- Birds from Nepal [by] Austin L. Rand [and] Robert L. Fleming. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. ENG url p. 55.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 394.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 380, p. 84.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- Faune de France. [t.] 1-68. Paris, 1921-66. FRE url p. 45.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 127, p. 305, p. 330, p. 95.
Notes
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Contributors
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
- European Environment Agency, EUNIS
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Bird
- The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851428
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175494
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13837219
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175494
- IUCN ID: 544
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1418
Footnotes
- Mean = 574.920 meters (1,886.220 feet), Standard Deviation = 255.090 based on 108 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
