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Gyps coprotheres 

Linguistics
Actual scientific name :   Gyps coprotheres 
     
Old scientific name :   Gyps fulvus coprotheres 
     
French name :   Vautour fauve d'Afrique du Sud
     
English name :   Cape Vulture
     
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Description :   Only one observation known of in the UNP in 1948. Given the resemblance between the juveniles of this bird and of the african white-backed vulture, this observation remains subject to contestation.  
     
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Warning :

This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.

The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.

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