Aegypiinae

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 a sister group to the serpent-eagles (Circaetinae).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=Catanach/>

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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Taxonomy

The subfamily Aegypiinae was introduced (as the family Aegypiidae) in 1924 by the British zoologist William Lutley Sclater with Aegypius Savigny, 1809, as the type genus.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The cladogram of the Aegypiinae shown below is based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the Accipitridae by Therese Catanach and collaborators that was published in 2024.<ref name=Catanach>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Genera

Genus	Common and binomial names	Image	Range
Necrosyrtes Template:Small	Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus		Sub-Saharan Africa
Gyps Template:Small	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
Sarcogyps Template:Small	Red-headed vulture Sarcogyps calvus		The Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in Southeast Asia
Trigonoceps Template:Small	White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis		Sub-Saharan Africa. Extinct populations have occurred in Indonesia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Torgos Template:Small	Lappet-faced vulture Torgos tracheliotos		Sub-Saharan Africa, the Sinai and Negev deserts and north-west Saudi Arabia
Aegypius Template:Small	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

Fossil genera

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

† = extinct

Further reading

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