Creator:Jn. Lebrecht Reinold
Creator:Clde. Fessard
Description
Gyps bengalensis
Date 1796-1808
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, I pl. 11
Old Latin name Gyps bengalensis
New Latin name Gyps bengalensis
Common name Nederlands: Bengaalse gier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyps_bengalensis_-_1796-1808_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100083.tif

The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia. The white-rumped vulture is a typical, medium-sized vulture, with an unfeathered head and neck, very broad wings, and short tail feathers. The adult's whitish back, rump, and underwing coverts contrast with the otherwise dark plumage.