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Rüppell's vulture, Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) latin dict size=46   common dict size=512
Image Info Original File Name: Rüppell's_vulture_(Masai_Mara,_Kenya)_-_Lip_Kee_(2) - Rüppell's vulture, Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli).jpg Resolution: 800x640 File Size: 306713 Bytes Date: 2008:08:29 13:53:42 Camera: Canon EOS-1D Mark III (Canon) F number: f/11.3 Exposure: 1/1250 sec Focal Length: 700/1 Upload Time: 2017:01:22 10:47:49
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Subject Rüppell's vulture, Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli)

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Rüppell's vulture, Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli)

Description Gyps rueppellii
English: Head of an adult Rüppell's vulture, photographed at Masai Mara, Kenya, on August 29, 2008, 690V1195
Date 29 August 2008, 13:53
Source Kojack wannabe http://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/2928834131/
Author Lip Kee from Singapore, Republic of Singapore http://www.flickr.com/people/64565252@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R%C3%BCppell%27s_vulture_(Masai_Mara,_Kenya)_-_Lip_Kee_(2).jpg

Rüppell's vulture or Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) is a large vulture that occurs throughout the Sahel region of central Africa. The current population of 30,000 is decreasing due to loss of habitat, deliberate poisoning by ivory poachers and other factors. Known also as Rüppell's griffon, Rueppell's griffon, Rüppell's griffin vulture, Rueppell's vulture and other variants, it is not to be confused with a different species, the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus). Rüppell's vulture is named in honor of Eduard Rüppell, a 19th-century German explorer, collector, and zoologist. Rüppell's vulture is considered to be the highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,300 metres (37,100 ft) above sea level. Order: Accipitriformes, Family: Accipitridae.

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Scientific Name: Gyps rueppelli (Brehm, 1852)
Synonyms: Gyps rueppellii (Brehm, 1852) [orth. error]
Common Names: Rüppell's Vulture, Ruppell's Vulture, Rüppell's Griffon Vulture, Rueppell's Griffon, Rüppell's Griffon
French: Vautour de Rüppell; German: Sperbergeier; Spanish: Buitre moteado
Taxonomy: Vultur Rueppellii A. E. Brehm, 1852, Khartoum, Sudan.
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