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Aegypius
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Aegypius
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Aegypius is a genus of Old World vultures found in the subfamily Gypinae. Of the three species in the genus, only the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) is extant.
1/ Cinereous vulture (Đại bàng đầu trọc, Aegypius monachus)
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aegypius is a Greek word (αἰγυπιός) for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the aegypius as "halfway between a vulture (gyps) and an eagle".