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title: "Abutre-preto"
description: "Aegypius monachus — Aves. The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), also known as the black vulture, Eurasian black vulture, and monk vulture, is a very large raptor in the family Accipitridae distributed through much of temperate Eurasia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/cinereous-vulture
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Abutre-preto

> Aegypius monachus — Aves. The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), also known as the black vulture, Eurasian black vulture, and monk vulture, is a very large raptor in the family Accipitridae distributed through much of temperate Eurasia.

- Scientific name: *Aegypius monachus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11646
- Wikidata: [Q168677](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q168677)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5382](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5382)

## Names

- en: Cinereous Vulture
- de: Mönchsgeier
- es: Buitre negro
- fr: Vautour moine
- nl: Monniksgier
- pt: Abutre-preto
- pl: Sęp kasztanowaty

## Countries with the most observations

ES (5850), RU (1498), PT (625), KR (581), FR (491), MN (402), IN (206), KZ (179), UA (173), CN (145), GE (131), TR (118)

## Summary

The cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), also known as the black vulture, Eurasian black vulture, and monk vulture, is a very large raptor in the family Accipitridae distributed through much of temperate Eurasia. With a body length of 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in), 3.1 m (10 ft) across the wings and a maximum weight of 12.5 kg (28 lb), it is the largest Old World vulture and largest member of the family Accipitridae.
Aegypius monachus is one of the largest birds of prey and it plays an important role in its various ecosystems by eating carcasses, which in turn reduces the spread of diseases. The vultures are constantly exposed…

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

## Photo

![Abutre-preto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cinereous-vulture/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nicolás Tamargo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/154465105

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cinereous-vulture?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).