White-rumped Vulture

Gyps bengalensis - Vautour chaugoun

Vautour chaugoun
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Accipitridés

  • Genus
    :

    Gyps

  • Species
    :

    bengalensis

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 93 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 205 à 220 cm.
  • Weight
    : 3500 à 6000 g
Longevity

45 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Vautour chaugoun
adult
Vautour chaugoun
immature

White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Vautour chaugoun,
  • Buitre dorsiblanco bengalí,
  • grifo-de-bengala,
  • Bengalengeier,
  • bengál keselyű,
  • Bengaalse Gier,
  • Avvoltoio groppabianca,
  • bengalgam,
  • Bengalgribb,
  • sup černastý,
  • sup bengálský,
  • Bengalgrib,
  • bengalinkorppikotka,
  • voltor dorsiblanc asiàtic,
  • Svartgammur,
  • sęp bengalski,
  • Bengālijas grifs,
  • sajasti plešec,
  • Бенгальский сип,
  • ベンガルハゲワシ,
  • 白背兀鹫,
  • อีแร้งเทาหลังขาว,
  • 白腰兀鷲,

Voice song and call

Vautour chaugoun
juvenile

Habitat

Vautour chaugoun
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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