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Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus · Family Accipitridae
Gyps fulvus
Family Accipitridae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,611,191
- Countries and territories with records
- 101
About this species
This species has 1,611,191 occurrence records from 101 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Bulgaria (39.9%), Spain (26%), Greece (12.6%), France (6.6%) and Portugal (2.3%); together they account for 87.5% of the total. In Bulgaria, this species accounts for 26.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Gyps fulvus combines the genus name Gyps with the species epithet fulvus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Gyps; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Gyps africanus, Gyps himalayensis and Gyps coprotheres.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 195 species of the family Accipitridae. This species ranks 13th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Buteo jamaicensis. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (411,236). The family Accipitridae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.