Red-headed Vulture
Sarcogyps calvus - Vautour royal
Systematics
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Order:
Accipitriformes
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Family:
Accipitridés
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Genus:
Sarcogyps
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Species:
calvus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 86 cm
- Wingspan: 199 à 229 cm.
- Weight: 3700 à 5400 g
Geographic range
Identification
Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) is a species of bird in the Accipitridae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Vautour royal,
- Buitre cabecirrojo,
- abutre-de-cabeça-vermelha,
- Kahlkopfgeier,
- pirosfejű keselyű,
- Indische Oorgier,
- Avvoltoio testarossa,
- rödhuvad gam,
- Rødhodegribb,
- sup červenohlavý,
- sup holohlavý,
- Rødhovedet Grib,
- kalmokorppikotka,
- voltor de cap roig,
- sęp łysy,
- sarkangalvas grifs,
- Индийский ушастый гриф,
- ミミハゲワシ,
- 黑兀鹫,
- พญาแร้ง,
- 黑兀鷲,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes