Egyptian vulture
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Egyptian vulture | |
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Adult in worn or "painted" plumage | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Neophron |
Binomial name | |
Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is a small Old World vulture, found from southwestern Europe and northern Africa to southern Asia. It is the only living member of the genus Neophron. In Southern Asia this species is called the scavenger vulture.