Species Gyps rueppellii (A. E. Brehm, 1852) (Rüppell's griffon vulture)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Accipitriformes
  • ---- family: Accipitridae
  • ----- species: Gyps rueppellii
Characteristics:carnivore; body-length: 115 cm, brown plumage; wings with dark flight feathers and pale linings
Countries:

BJ
Benin
ES
Spain
ET
Ethiopia
GN
Guinea
KE
Kenya
PT
Portugal
RW
Rwanda
SN
Senegal
TZ
Tanzania, United Republic of
UG
Uganda
Ecoregions:

AT0101
Albertine Rift montane forests
AT0108
East African montane forests
AT0112
Ethiopian montane forests
AT0114
Guinean montane forests
AT0705
East Sudanian savanna
AT0706
Eastern Miombo woodlands
AT0711
Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0714
Serengeti volcanic grasslands
AT0715
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0716
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
AT0721
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
AT0722
West Sudanian savanna
AT1007
Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
AT1008
Ethiopian montane moorlands
PA1221
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 70
Source: wikimedia
Permission: PD
Source: wikimedia
Permission: PD
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/12516312
Date: 2009-02-26
Place: Serengeti National Park (Tanzania, United Republic of)
Creator: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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