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n. - A genus of Accipitridae.

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  • And to make matters worse, Aegypius monachus is known in English as both cinereous vulture and cinerous vulture.
  • Endangered raptor species, such as black vulture (Aegypius monachus) in Mallorca, and griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) locally constitute important populations.
  • We also saw Altai snowcocks (Tetraogallus altaicus) running up the same ridge, and a Cinereous vulture ( Aegypius monachus) soon followed the Lammergeier into the sky...
  • At least 151 species of avifauna have been recorded in the Golestan Biosphere Reserve, including most notably the honey buzzard (Pernis aviporus), goshawk (Accipiter gentilis),...
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