Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 941^st of 1525

Subject:	Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797)
Description
Neophron percnopterus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon I p. 130 pl. 427
Old Latin name Neophron percnopterus
New Latin name Neophron percnopterus
Common name
Nederlands: Aasgier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neophron_percnopterus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100147.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.

Iconographia zoologica
941/1525

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