griffon vulture

griffon vulture

See also: griffon-vulture

English

griffon vulture

Alternative forms

• griffon-vulture (uncommon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɪfɒn ˈvʌlt͡ʃəɹ/

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

Translations

Gyps fulvus

Albanian: shkabë (sq) f, gjyp m, shqiponjë gjype f, shqiponjë me kurriz f Armenian: սպիտակագլուխ անգղ (spitakaglux angł) 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 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