---
title: "Eurasian Griffon"
description: "Gyps fulvus — Uccelli. The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-griffon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Griffon

> Gyps fulvus — Uccelli. The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.

- Scientific name: *Gyps fulvus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 38031
- Wikidata: [Q177856](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177856)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5366](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5366)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Griffon
- de: Gänsegeier
- es: Buitre leonado
- fr: Vautour fauve
- nl: Vale gier
- pt: Abutre-fouveiro
- pl: Sęp płowy

## Countries with the most observations

ES (17696), FR (6520), PT (1886), RU (1691), DZ (1370), IT (1169), GR (751), GE (574), HR (508), AT (436), UA (359), IL (329)

## Summary

The Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. It is also known as the Eurasian griffon or griffon vulture, although the latter term is sometimes used for the genus Gyps as a whole.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_griffon_vulture

## Photo

![Eurasian Griffon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-griffon/medium.jpg)

Photo: thibautv · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/257461302

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-griffon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).