🦅Himalayan Vulture
Grifo-dos-himalaias, grifo-do-himalaia ou abutre-do-himalaia (Gyps himalayensis) é um abutre da família Accipitridae. Intimamente relacionado com o grifo (G. fulvus), e uma vez considerado uma subespécie, esta espécie é encontrada ao longo do Himalaia e no Planalto Tibetano. É um dos dois maiores abutres-do-velho-mundo.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 9.8 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Himalayan Vulture
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass9.8 kgAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tail length0.34 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.76 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelScavengerAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatRockAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l9.8 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Himalayan Vulture yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyAccipitridae
- ›genusGyps
- ›speciesGyps himalayensis
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusGyps
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyAccipitridae
- genusGyps
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