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Rueppell's Griffon

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Alternate name
Gyps rueppellii Scientific name
Accipitriformes Order
Acciptridae Family
85–107 cm (wingspan 2.26 to 2.6 m) Length
Tropical, grassland, savanna & desert, up to 4500 m. Found in:- Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, ,Cameroon Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, , Gibraltar, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Portugal, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Tanzania,Togo Uganda Yemen, Zambia. Habitat
Altitude
Range
Clutch
Carrion Food  
  Habits
3359 - TSN: 175490 - Sub-species World Number
Near Threatened Status

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Afrikaans: Rüppell's Aasvoël, Rüppellse Aasvoël
Bulgarian: Рюпелов лешояд
Catalan: Voltor de Rüppell
Czech: sup krahujový, Sup nádherný
Danish: Rüppells Grib, Rüppell's Grib, Savannegrib
German: Sperbergeier
English: Rueppell's Griffon, Rueppell's Griffon Vulture, Rueppell's Vulture, Ruppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffon, Ruppell's Griffon Vulture, Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Ruppell's Vulture, Rüppell's Vulture, Rüppel's Vulture
Spanish: Buitre Moteado
Estonian: kõnnu-kaeluskotkas
Basque: Rüppell saia, Voltor de Rüppell
Finnish: Suomukorppikotka
French: Gyps de Ruppell, Vautour de pays plat d'Afrique, Vautour de Rüppell
Galician: Voitre de Rüppell, Voltor de Rüppell
Hebrew: נשר דרומי
Icelandic: Tógammur
Italian: Grifone di Rueppell, Grifone di Ruppell
Japanese: madarahagewashi, madarashiroerihagewashi
Japanese: マダラシロエリハゲワシ, マダラハゲワシ
Latin: Gyps rueppelli, Gyps rueppellii, Gyps rüpellii
Lithuanian: Dėmėtasis grifas
Dutch: Rüppellgier, Rüppells Gier
Norwegian: Rüppels gribb, Skjellgribb
Polish: sep plamisty, sęp plamisty
Portuguese: Grifo de Rüppell
Russian: Африканский сип, Гриф Рюппеля
Slovak: sup jarabý
Slovenian: grahasti plešec
Swedish: Rüppellgam, Rüppells gam
Swahili: Tumbusi Mbuga
Turkish: benekli akbaba
Chinese: 黑白兀鹭

Sub-species
Gyps rueppellii erlangeri
Gyps rueppellii rueppellii
 

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