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| Gyps fulvus |
(Hablizl, 1783) |
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Family: Accipitridae |
Order: Falconiformes |
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Eurasian griffon |
Vautour fauve |
Buitre leonado |
Gänsegeier |
| Migration: partial |
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intercontinental, dispersal of juvniles |
Sedentary and partly migratory; juveniles disperse widely, accounting for most sightings outside normal range,
e.g. vagrants in C & N Europe. A few thousand birds, mainly juveniles, winter in Africa, with crossings at Straits
of Gibraltar (peak Oct-Nov), Bosporus and Suez; occur S to Senegal, Mali and Niger; in smaller numbers, E to
Sudan and Ethiopia; mainly visit zones of savanna and steppe. Not all of these birds return to Europe in spring;
peak crossing into Iberian Peninsula in Apr-May. Shorter seasonal or nomadic movements also occur, in relation
to climate and movements of livestock herds. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |