| Himalayan vulture | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gyps |
| Species: | G. himalayensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Gyps himalayensis | |
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The Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) or Himalayan griffon vulture is an Old World vulture native to the Himalayas and foothills in North and Northeastern India, as well as the adjacent Tibetan Plateau. After the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), it is the second-largest Old World vulture species, and among the world's largest true raptors. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.[1] It is not to be confused with the Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), which is a visually similar, sympatric species.[3]
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2017). "Gyps himalayensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22695215A118594518. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22695215A118594518.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Hume, A.O.H. (1869). "Gyps fulvus, Gmel. (Gyps himalayensis, nobis.)". My scrap book: or rough notes on Indian oology and ornithology. Calcutta: C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press. pp. 12–18.
- ^ Ram, Mohan; Sahu, Aradhana; Tikadar, Shyamal; Gadhavi, Devesh; Rather, Tahir Ali; Jhala, Lahar; Zala, Yashpal (December 2022). "MDPI-Home Range, Movement and Activity Patterns of Six Vulture Species". Ecologies. 3 (4): 492–507. doi:10.3390/ecologies3040035.