Ghimalay

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Gyps himalayensis

Hume, 1869

Family: Accipitridae

Order: Falconiformes

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Himalayan griffon

Schneegeier

Vautour de l'Himalaya

Buitre del Himalaya

CMS App II

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES II

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: range extension

altitudinal movements

Gyps himalayensis

Sedentary, with limited altitudinal movements; a few juveniles straggle S onto plains of N India in winter. Vagrant to Afghanistan and Turkestan.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com )

Regions: East Asia, South & Southeast Asia, West & Central Asia