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The Griffon Vulture, also known as the Eurasian Griffon, is a species of bird classified within the taxon *Gyps fulvus*. It belongs to the class Aves and functions as a scavenger and necrophage. The species is diurnal, meaning it is active during the day. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2021.
This vulture has a wingspan of 2.591 and a mass of 252. Its reproductive cycle includes an egg incubation period of 54 days and a litter size of 1. The taxon range includes Africa and Burkina Faso. The species is not extinct.
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Species
Least ConcernEurasian Griffon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- necrophage
- Parent taxon
- Gyps
- Mass
- 8.328
- Image
- Gyps fulvus -Basque Country-8.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Gyps fulvus
- taxon name
- Gyps fulvus
- Commons gallery
- Gyps fulvus
- wingspan
- 2.591
- litter size
- 1
- egg incubation period
- 54
- taxon common name
- grifo-eurasiático
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- G. fulvus
- taxon range
- Burkina Faso
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic overview
The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon or griffon vulture, although the latter term is sometimes used for the genus Gyps as a whole.
Description
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