Cinereous vulture
species of bird
The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the 'black vulture', 'monk vulture', or 'Eurasian black vulture'. It is a member of the family Accipitridae. It is one of the two largest old world vultures.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Aegypius |
| Species: | A. monachus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aegypius monachus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Range of A. monachus Breeding Resident Passage Non-breeding Extinct Extant & Reintroduced (resident)
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Vultur monachus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
This bird is an Old World vulture, and is only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in a separate family, Cathartidae, of the same order. It is therefore not directly related to the much smaller American black vulture despite the similar name and coloration.
References
change- ↑ "Aegypius monachus Linnaeus 1766 (cinereous vulture)". Fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-09. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
- ↑ BirdLife International (2021). "Aegypius monachus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22695231A154915043. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22695231A154915043.en. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
