griffon vulture

See also: griffon-vulture

English

griffon vulture

Alternative forms

• griffon-vulture (uncommon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪfən ˈvʌlt͡ʃəɹ/

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Noun

griffon vulture (plural griffon vultures)

1. A large Old World vulture, Gyps fulvus, native to mountainous areas from Iberia to Burma.

Synonyms

• (Gyps fulvus): Eurasian griffon

Derived terms

• Himalayan griffon vulture

Translations

Gyps fulvus

• Albanian: shkabë (sq) f, gjyp m, shqiponjë gjype f, shqiponjë me kurriz f
• Armenian: սպիտակագլուխ անգղ (spitakaglux angġ)
• Asturian: utre (ast) f
• Basque: sai arre
• Belarusian: белагало́вы сіп m (bjelahalóvy sip)
• Breton: gup gell m, grifon m
• Bulgarian: белоглав лешояд m (beloglav lešojad)
• Catalan: voltor comú m
• Chechen: кӏайн корта болу аьрзу (kʼajn korta bolu ärzu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 兀鷲／兀鹫 (zh) (wùjiù)

• Czech: sup bělohlavý (cs) m
• Danish: gåsegrib c
• Dutch: vale gier (nl) m
• Esperanto: ansergrifo
• Estonian: kaeluskotkas
• Faroese: gammur m
• Finnish: hanhikorppikotka (fi)
• French: vautour fauve (fr) m, vautour griffon m
• Friulian: variűl ?
• Galician: grifo cinzento m, abutre cinzento m
• German: Gänsegeier (de) m
• Greek: όρνιο (el) n (órnio)
• Hebrew: נֶשֶׁר (he) m (nésher)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} swallow (hu)
• Icelandic: gæsagammur m
• Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
• Interlingua: grypho m
• Irish: badhbh ghríofa f
• Italian: griffone m
• Japanese: 白襟禿鷲 (シロエリハゲワシ, shiroerihagewashi)
• Ladin: valtoi ?
• Latin: Gyps fulvus m
• Latvian: baltgalvas grifs ?
• Lithuanian: grifas (lt) ?
• Macedonian: белоглав мршојадец m (beloglav mršojadec)
• Maltese: avultun prim m
• Navajo: tsétah jeeshóóʼ łibáhí
• Norwegian: gåsegribb ?
• Occitan: voltor (oc) m
• Ottoman Turkish: كركنس
• Persian: دال (fa) (dâl)
• Polish: sęp płowy m
• Portuguese: grifo (pt) m
• Romani: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: vultur pleșuv sur m, grifon (ro) m
• Romansch: tschess cularin m
• Russian: белоголо́вый сип m (belogolóvyj sip)
• Sardinian: bentruxiu ?, untruxu ?, murru ?
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: белоглави суп m, јелоглави суп m

  Roman: bjeloglavi sup (sh) m, jeloglavi sup m

• Slovak: sup bielohlavý m
• Slovene: beloglavi jastreb m anim
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: sup m

  Upper Sorbian: sup m

• Spanish: buitre leonado m
• Swedish: gåsgam (sv) c
• Turkish: kızıl akbaba (tr)
• Ukrainian: білоголо́вий сип m (biloholóvyj syp)
• West Frisian: feale gier c

Further reading

• griffon vulture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gyps fulvus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gyps fulvus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons