Aegypiinae

Aegypiinae
	Lappet-faced vultures (left) and a white-backed vulture
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Subfamily:	Aegypiinae
Genera
	See text.

Aegypiinae is one of two subfamilies of Accipitridae that are referred to as Old World vultures, the other being the Gypaetinae. They are not closely related to the Gypaetinae, and are instead thought to be the sister group to the serpent-eagles (Circaetinae).^[1]

Presently found throughout much of Africa, Asia, and parts of Europe, fossil evidence indicates that as recently as the Late Pleistocene, they ranged into Australia.^[2]^[3]

Species

Subfamily	Genus	Common and binomial names	Range
Aegypiinae	Aegypius Savigny, 1809	Cinereous vulture Aegypius monachus	Southwestern and central Europe, Turkey, the central Middle East, northern India, central and east Asia
		†Aegypius jinniushanensis	Pleistocene of China
		†Aegypius prepyrenaicus	Pleistocene of Spain
	Gyps Savigny, 1809	Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus	Mountains in southern Europe, north Africa and Asia
		White-rumped vulture Gyps bengalensis	Northern and central India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and southeast Asia
		Rüppell's vulture Gyps rueppelli	The Sahel region of central Africa
		Indian vulture Gyps indicus	Central and peninsular India
		Slender-billed vulture Gyps tenuirostris	The Sub-Himalayan regions of India and into Southeast Asia
		Himalayan vulture Gyps himalayensis	The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau
		White-backed vulture Gyps africanus	Savannahs of west and east Africa
		Cape vulture Gyps coprotheres	Southern Africa
	Necrosyrtes Gloger, 1841	Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus	Sub-Saharan Africa
	Sarcogyps Lesson, 1842	Red-headed vulture Sarcogyps calvus	The Indian Subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in Southeast Asia
	Torgos Kaup, 1828	Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos	Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sinai and Negev deserts and north-west Saudi Arabia
	Trigonoceps Lesson, 1842	White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis	Sub-Saharan Africa. Extinct populations have occurred in Indonesia.^[4]

Subfamily	Genus	Common and binomial names	Image	Range
Aegypiinae	†Cryptogyps	†Cryptogyps lacertosus		Pleistocene of Australia
Aegypiinae	†Gansugyps	†Gansugyps linxiaensis		Miocene of China

† = extinct

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