Cinereous Vulture (aegypius monachus) Science Article 1 abstract The former occurrence of aegypius monachus in The Netherlands is attested by a bill fragment from the Roman period excavation at Valkenburg (South-Holland). The plausibility of the occurrence of this species in the Dutch prehistoric landscape and in the cultural context of the Roman settlement will be […]
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Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
[order] ACCIPITRIFORMES | [family] Accipitridae | [latin] Aegypius monachus | [authority] Linnaeus, 1766 | [UK] Cinereous Vulture | [FR] Vautour moine | [DE] Monchsgeier | [ES] Buitre negro | [NL] Monniksgier Subspecies Monotypic species Genus This bird is an Old World vulture, and is only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in […]