Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family: Accipitridae |
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BTO Codes:
, EGYVU
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EURING No: 2470 | |
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Number in Britain:
Fewer than 20 records
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(B) Not Recorded since 1868
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Subspecies:
percnopterus recorded in Britain (of 3 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
65 cm
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Wingspan: 168 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 1.9 kg
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Scientific name from:
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after Neophron, in greek myth, a trickster turned into a vulture and Gr.: perknos=dark + pteros=wing |
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World Distribution:
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s Europe, c Asia & n Africa |
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Habitat:
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Plains & deserts, near habitation |
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Diet:
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Opportunistic, often carrion or organic rubbish, scraps |
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First Record:
Somerset, 1825
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
2
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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Eastern England:
Essex
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South-west England:
Somerset
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: |
| Danish: Ådselgrib | Dutch: Aasgier |
| Finnish: Pikkukorppikotka | French: Vautour percnoptère |
| German: Schmutzgeier | Hungarian: Dögkeselyü |
| Icelandic: Skarngammur | Irish: |
| Italian: Capovaccaio | Norwegian: Åtselgribb |
| Polish: Scierwnik zwyczajny | Portuguese: Abutre do Egipto |
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Spanish:
Alimoche
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Swedish: Smutsgam |
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