| Gyps | |
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| Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Clade: | Afroaves |
| Superorder: | Accipitrimorphae |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Gypinae |
| Genus: | Gyps Savigny, 1809 |
The Gyps vultures are a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
Species[]
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- White-rumped Vulture, Gyps bengalensis
- Rueppell's Vulture, Gyps rueppellii
- Indian Vulture, Gyps indicus - formerly Long-billed Vulture
- Slender-billed Vulture, Gyps tenuirostris - formerly included in G. indicus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus
- Cape Griffon, Gyps coprotheres
A prehistoric species is known only from fossil remains found in Middle to Late Pleistocene sites all over the central and eastern Mediterranean: Gyps melitensis.
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This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera. |