Eurasian Griffon / Gyps fulvus
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Eurasian Griffon
SCI Name:
Protonym: Vultur fulvus NeueNordischeBeytrage 4 p.58
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Gyps
Taxonomy Code: eurgri1
Type Locality: Samamisian Alps, Gilan, Iran.
Author: Hablizl
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
GYPS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Griffon Vulture G. fulvus) Gr. γυψ gups, γυπος gupos vulture; "1. GYPS. Bec gros: cire compacte: narines simples, transverses; langue bordée d'aiguillons; quatorze rectrices. ... GENRE 1, GYPS. ... ESPÈCE. 1. GYPS vulgaris. Le Griffon." (de Savigny 1809): based on γυψ or vultur of all the ancient authors, and Vultur fulvus Gmelin; "Gyps Savigny, Descr. Égypte, Ois. 1, 1809, p. 68, 71. Type, by monotypy, Gyps vulgaris Savigny = Vultur fulvus Hablizl." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 261).
Var. Cyps.
Synon. Pseudogyps.
gyps
Gr. γυψ gups, γυπος gupos vulture (syn. Gyps coprotheres).
fulvum / fulvus
L. fulvus tawny, deep yellow, brown, fulvous.
● ex “Cream-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo jamaicensis).
● ex “Aigle de Montevideo” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.), 1800-1802 (syn. Buteogallus urubitinga) (= ☼).
● ex “Tangara jaune à tête noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 809, fig. 2, and “Tangara mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lanio).
● ex “Oriolus Maderaspatanus fulvus” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Oriolus kundoo).
SUBSPECIES
Eurasian Griffon (fulvus)
SCI Name: Gyps fulvus fulvus
fulvum / fulvus
L. fulvus tawny, deep yellow, brown, fulvous.
● ex “Cream-coloured Buzzard” of Latham 1781 (syn. Buteo jamaicensis).
● ex “Aigle de Montevideo” of de Buffon (Sonnini ed.), 1800-1802 (syn. Buteogallus urubitinga) (= ☼).
● ex “Tangara jaune à tête noire de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 809, fig. 2, and “Tangara mordoré” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Lanio).
● ex “Oriolus Maderaspatanus fulvus” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Oriolus kundoo).
Eurasian Griffon (fulvescens)
SCI Name: Gyps fulvus fulvescens
fulvescens
Med. L. fulvescens, fulvescentis glowing yellow < fulvescere to glow yellow < L. fulvus tawny.
● See: furvescens
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
