Torgos tracheliotos negevensis | |
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Arabian giant vulture in Saudi Arabia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Torgos |
Species: | T. tracheliotos
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Subspecies: | T. t. negevensis
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Trinomial name | |
Torgos tracheliotos negevensis Bruun, Mendelssohn & Bull, 1981
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Torgos tracheliotos negevensis, the Arabian lappet-faced vulture or Arabian vulture,[1] is an endangered bird endemic to the western and southern reaches of the Arabian peninsula. It is a giant subspecies of the more widespread lappet-faced vulture.