griffon vulture, Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)

Query: Vulture

Result: 687^th of 761

Subject:	griffon vulture, Eurasian griffon (Gyps fulvus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Gyps fulvus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon I p. 116 pl. 426
Old Latin name Gyps fulvus
New Latin name Gyps fulvus
Common name Nederlands: Vale gier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyps_fulvus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100061.tif

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.

Vulture
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