griffon vulture, Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)

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Subject:	griffon vulture, Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)
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Nederlandsche vogelen (KB) - Gyps fulvus (korteinhoud008).jpg

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griffon vulture, Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)

Author
Cornelius Nozeman (1720–1786)
Christiaan Andreas Sepp
Jan Christiaan Sepp (1739–1811)
Martinus Houttuyn (1720–1798)
Title
Nederlands: Vale Gier uit Nederlandsche vogelen; volgens hunne huishouding, aert, en eigenschappen beschreeven
English: Griffon vulture (Adult) from Nederlandsche vogelen (Dutch birds) by Nozeman and Sepp (1770-1829)
English: Plate 201 from the Nederlandsche vogelen by Nozeman and Sepp.
Nederlands: Plaat 201 uit de Nederlandsche vogelen door Nozeman en Sepp.
Date between 1770 and 1829
Medium Print, coloured by hand
Current location
KB, National Library of the Netherlands
Accession number PPN 152496122
Place of creation Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Notes
Modern scientific name of bird depicted: Gyps fulvus (Hablizl, 1783)
Modern English name of bird depicted: Griffon vulture
Modern Dutch name of bird depicted: Vale Gier
Dutch name as mentioned in book: Percnopterus Gier
Latin name as mentioned in book: Vultur Percnopterus et Leucocephalus
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nederlandsche_vogelen_(KB)_-_Gyps_fulvus_(korteinhoud008).jpg

The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon.

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