Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Query: Vulture

Result: 369^th of 761

Subject:	Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
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Artist
Creator:Jn. Lebrecht Reinold
Creator:Clde. Fessard
Description
Neophron percnopterus
Date 1796-1808
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, I pl. 14
Old Latin name Neophron percnopterus
New Latin name Neophron percnopterus
Common name Nederlands: Aasgier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neophron_percnopterus_-_1796-1808_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100141.tif

The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus Neophron. It is widely distributed; the Egyptian vulture is found from southwestern Europe and northern Africa to India.

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