Red-headed Vulture / Sarcogyps calvus
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Red-headed Vulture
SCI Name:
Protonym: Vultur calvus Del.Flor.Faun.Insubr. 2 p.85
Taxonomy: Accipitriformes / Accipitridae / Sarcogyps
Taxonomy Code: rehvul1
Type Locality: Pondicherry, India.
Author: Scopoli
Publish Year: 1786
IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
DEFINITIONS
SARCOGYPS
(Accipitridae; Ϯ Red-headed Vulture S. calvus) Gr. σαρξ sarx, σαρκος sarkos flesh; γυψ gups, γυπος gupos vulture; "head deep yellowish-red or orange-red with redder wattles (all becoming rich red in excitement)" (Ferguson-Lees & Christie 2001); "5e Sous-genre: SARCOGYPS, Less. 24. Sarcogyps ponticerianus: Vultur ponticerianus, Lath., 14; Temm. pl. 2; Sonnerat, It., pl. 104, p. 144; Vultur pondiceranus, Forster. Hab. le Bengale." (Lesson 1842); "Sarcogyps Lesson, Écho du Monde Savant (2), 6, 1842, col. 1038. Type, by monotypy, Vultur ponticerianus Latham = Vultur calvus Scopoli." (Peters 1931, I, 259).
Synon. Hemigyps.
calvus
L. calvus bald.
● ex “Courlis à tête nue du Cap de Bonne-Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 867 (Geronticus).
● ex “Courlis à tête nue du Cap de Bonne-Espérance” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 867, “Courlis à tête nue” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Bald Ibis” of Latham 1785 (syn. Geronticus calvus).
● ex “Choucas chauve de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 521, and “Bald Crow” of Latham 1781 (syn. Perissocephalus tricolor).
● ex “Vautour royal de Pondicherry” of Sonnerat 1782 (Sarcogyps).
● ex “Merle chauve des Philippines” of Brisson 1760 (Sarcops).
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)
