Gypaetinae

Gypaetinae
Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Subfamily:	Gypaetinae
Genera
See text.

The Gypaetinae is one of two subfamilies of Old World vultures the other being the Gypiinae. Some taxonomic authorities place the Gypaetinae within the Perninae hawks.

Species[]

Subfamily	Genus	Common and binomial names	Image	Range
Gypaetinae	Gypaetus	Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus		High mountains in southern Europe, the Caucasus, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Tibet
	Gypohierax	Palm-nut vulture Gypohierax angolensis		Forest and savannah across sub-Saharan Africa
	Neophron	Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus		Southwestern Europe and northern Africa to India

References[]

• Ferguson-Lees, James; Christie, David A. (2001). Raptors of the World. Illustrated by Kim Franklin, David Mead, and Philip Burton. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-618-12762-7. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
• Grimmett, Richard; Inskipp, Carol; Inskipp, Tim (1999). Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Illustrated by Clive Byers et al. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-04910-6. OCLC 43578307.
• Lerner, Heather R. L.; Mindell, David P. (November 2005). "Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 37 (2): 327–346. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15925523. Retrieved 31 May 2011.