Artist Creator:J. Smit
Description
Gyps rüppellii
Date 1872
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Schlegel, De dierentuin van het Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra te Amsterdam, p. 46
Old Latin name Gyps rüppellii
New Latin name Gyps rueppellii
Common name Nederlands: Rüppellgier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyps_r%C3%BCppellii_-_1872_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100087.tif

Rüppell's vulture or Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) is a large vulture that occurs throughout the Sahel region of central Africa. Other common names include Rüppell's griffon, Rueppell's griffon, Rüppell's griffin vulture, and Rueppell's vulture.