Gyps bengalensis | Southern South American Grassland Birds

Assessment information
CMS Instruments	Birds of Prey (Raptors) (2015), CMS
IUCN Status	Critically endangered
Date of entry in Appendix I	2017
Date of entry in Appendix II	1979

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White-rumped Vulture © Tulsi Sebedi

White-rumped Vulture © Phaerun Sum

White-rumped Vulture © Phaerun Sum

White-rumped Vulture © Phaerun Sum

White-rumped Vulture © Chris Bowden

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Common names
English	White-rumped Vulture
French	Vautour chaugoun
Spanish	Buitre dorsiblanco bengalí
German	Bengalgeier
Formerly listed as	part of the order Falconiformes

Taxonomy
Class	Aves
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae
Scientific name	Gyps bengalensis
Synonyms	Pseudogyps bengalensis

Related content

Title	Start date	Country	CMS Instrument
Overarching Workshop to Develop a Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP)	16.02.2017	Spain

Publication	Publisher	Type	Published Date
Multi-species Action Plan to Conserve African-Eurasian Vultures (Vulture MsAP) - CMS Technical Series No.35/Raptors MOU Technical Publication No.5	Coordinating Unit of the Raptors MOU	Action Plan, Technical Series	11 2017
Blueprint for the Recovery of South Asia's Critically Endangered Gyps Vultures (SAVE Blueprint)	Royal Society for the Protection of Birds	Action Plan	02 2014