Cathartidae

Also known as: American Vultures, Amerikanske gribbe og kondorer, Avvoltoi del nuovo mondo, Buitres Americanos y parientes, Buitres americanos, Catartidi, Condores e Urubus, Condors and New World Vultures

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Cathartidae
Habitat	TERRESTRIAL
Genera	23
Species records held	37
Descendant taxa (GBIF)	99
GBIF key	3242141

Genera in Cathartidae

Cathartes — 5 species: Cathartes aura, Cathartes burrovianus, Cathartes fossilis, Cathartes melambrotus, Cathartes umbrosus
Vultur — 5 species: Vultur audax, Vultur aureus, Vultur gryphus, Vultur kernensis, Vultur niger
Gymnogyps — 3 species: Gymnogyps californianus, Gymnogyps howardae, Gymnogyps kofordi
Plesiocathartes — 3 species: Plesiocathartes europaeus, Plesiocathartes gaillardi, Plesiocathartes kelleri
Sarcoramphus — 3 species: Sarcoramphus fischeri, Sarcoramphus papa, Sarcoramphus sacer
Dryornis — 2 species: Dryornis hatcheri, Dryornis pampeanus
Pliogyps — 2 species: Pliogyps charon, Pliogyps fisheri
Aizengyps — 1 species: Aizengyps toomeyae
Argentavis — 1 species: Argentavis magnificens
Catharista — 1 species: Catharista shastensis
Coragyps — 1 species: Coragyps atratus
Eopachypteryx — 1 species: Eopachypteryx praeterita
Geronogyps — 1 species: Geronogyps reliquus
Hadrogyps — 1 species: Hadrogyps aigialeus
Kuntur — 1 species: Kuntur cardenasi
Palaeogyps — 1 species: Palaeogyps prodromus
Paracathartes — 1 species: Paracathartes howardae
Perugyps — 1 species: Perugyps diazi
Phasmagyps — 1 species: Phasmagyps patritus
Taubatornis — 1 species: Taubatornis campbelli
Wingegyps — 1 species: Wingegyps cartellei
Aiolornis
Breagyps

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Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.

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