In Egypt it is the Neophron Percnopterus (Jerdon) or N. Gingianus (Latham), the. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
In the newly discovered version -- written by Greek playwright Neophron -- Medea doesn't kill her children, says Dirk Obbink, director of Oxford's Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Age of Discovery] Reference
Among the most prominent bird species to be mentioned are griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), and Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus). From Wordnik.com. [Northwest Iberian montane forests] Reference
Egypius entertained a criminal love for Timandra, the mother of Neoph'ron, and Neophron was guilty of. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
Jupiter changed Egypius and Neophron into vultures, Bulis into a duck, and Timandra into a sparrow-hawk. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook] Reference
It is common in Egypt, where it is popularly called "Pharaoh's chicken" (the Neophron percnopterus), and is found in Palestine only during summer. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Other bird species include bee eaters (Merops spp.) and wheat eaters (Oenanthse spp.), the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), and greater spotted eagle (Aquila clanga), pheasants, doves, and three types of owls. From Wordnik.com. [Baluchistan xeric woodlands] Reference
Among the most notable birds are the highly endangered capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius), griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), and ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). From Wordnik.com. [Cantabrian mixed forests] Reference
Larger birds of the ecoregion include the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), black-bellied and pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alcata, P. orientalis), cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), steppe eagle (Aquila rapax), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), and saker falcon (Falco cherrug). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian southern desert] Reference
Larger birds of the ecoregion include the houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), black-bellied and pin-tailed sandgrouse (Pterocles alcata, P. orientalis), cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), steppe eagle, (Aquila rapax), Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), and saker falcon (Falco cherrug). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian northern desert] Reference
Western Asia and Egypt (Neophron percnopterus). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
17: 37) may include the Vultur fulvus and Neophron percnopterus; though, as eagles frequently prey upon dead bodies, there is no necessity to restrict the Greek word to the Vulturidae. From Wordnik.com. [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Neophron ginginianus, 90, 222, 245. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference
The diverse list of the Gissaro-Alai birds of prey includes vultures (Aegypius monachus, Neophron percnopterus), Lammergeier (Gypaetus barbatus), eagles (Haliaetus leucoryphus, Aquila chrysaetоs, A. heliaca, Hieraetus fasciatus), buzzards (Buteo rufinus), hawks (Accipiter nisus), eagle owl (Bubo bubo), small owls. From Wordnik.com. [Gissaro-Alai open woodlands] Reference
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