Griffon vulture

The Gyps vultures are a genus of Old World vultures in the bird family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.

Species

 * Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
 * White-rumped Vulture, Gyps bengalensis
 * Rüppell's Vulture, Gyps rueppellii
 * Indian Vulture, Gyps indicus - formerly Long-billed Vulture
 * Slender-billed Vulture, Gyps tenuirostris - formerly included in G. indicus
 * Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
 * White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus
 * Cape Griffon, Gyps coprotheres

A prehistoric species is known only from fossil remains found in Middle to Late Pleistocene sites all over the central and eastern Mediterranean: Gyps melitensis.