Biology:Aegypiinae
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Short description: Subfamily of birds
| Aegypiinae | |
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| Lappet-faced vultures (left) and a white-backed vulture | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
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Aegypiinae is one of two subfamilies of Accipitridae that are referred to as Old World vultures, the other being the Gypaetinae. They are not closely related to the Gypaetinae, and are instead thought to be the sister group to the serpent-eagles (Circaetinae).[1]
Presently found throughout much of Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe, fossil evidence indicates that as recently as the Late Pleistocene, they ranged into Australia .[2][3]
Species
Recent genera
| Subfamily | Genus | Common and binomial names | Image | Range |
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| Aegypiinae | Aegypius Savigny, 1809 | Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus |
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Southwestern and central Europe, Turkey, the central Middle East, northern India , central and east Asia |
| †Aegypius jinniushanensis | Pleistocene of China | |||
| †Aegypius prepyrenaicus | Pleistocene of Spain | |||
| Gyps Savigny, 1809 | Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus |
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Mountains in southern Europe, north Africa and Asia | |
| White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis |
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Northern and central India , Pakistan , Nepal, Bangladesh and southeast Asia | ||
| Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli |
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The Sahel region of central Africa | ||
| Indian vulture Gyps indicus |
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Central and peninsular India | ||
| Slender-billed vulture Gyps tenuirostris |
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The Sub-Himalayan regions of India and into Southeast Asia | ||
| Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis |
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The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau | ||
| White-backed vulture Gyps africanus |
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Savannahs of west and east Africa | ||
| Cape vulture Gyps coprotheres |
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Southern Africa | ||
| Necrosyrtes Gloger, 1841 | Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus |
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Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Sarcogyps Lesson, 1842 | Red-headed vulture Sarcogyps calvus |
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The Indian Subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in Southeast Asia | |
| Torgos Kaup, 1828 | Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos |
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Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sinai and Negev deserts and north-west Saudi Arabia | |
| Trigonoceps Lesson, 1842 | White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis |
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Sub-Saharan Africa. Extinct populations have occurred in Indonesia.[4] |
Fossil genera
| Subfamily | Genus | Common and binomial names | Image | Range |
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| Aegypiinae | †Cryptogyps | †Cryptogyps lacertosus | Pleistocene of Australia | |
| †Gansugyps | †Gansugyps linxiaensis | Miocene of China |
† = extinct
References
- Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A. (2001). Raptors of the World. Illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead, and Philip Burton. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-12762-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=hlIztc05HTQC&pg=PP1. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (1999). Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Illustrated by Clive Byers et al. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04910-6. OCLC 43578307.
- Lerner, Heather R. L.; Mindell, David P. (November 2005). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37 (2): 327–346. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15925523. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hlerner/LM2005.pdf. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ↑ Lerner, Heather R. L.; Mindell, David P. (2005-11-01). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA" (in en). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37 (2): 327–346. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15925523. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790305001363.
- ↑ Mather, Ellen K.; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Worthy, Trevor H. (2022-07-20). "A new look at an old Australian raptor places "Taphaetus" lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae)" (in en). Zootaxa 5168 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 36101304. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5168.1.1.
- ↑ "Mindat.org". https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P105599.html.
- ↑ Hanneke J.M.. "Continental-style avian extinctions on an oceanic island". https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/26191/Meijer%20et%20al%202015%20Continental-style%20avian%20extinctions%20on%20an%20oceanic%20island.pdf.
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