Vultur

E592315

Vultur is a genus of large New World vultures best known for including the Andean condor, one of the world’s largest flying birds.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vultur gryphus 3
Condors 1
Vultur canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
authority Linnaeus ⓘ
linked to: Carl Linnaeus
belongsToClade New World vultures ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
commonName vultures ⓘ
containsTaxon Vultur gryphus ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
describedInYear 1758 ⓘ
diet carrion ⓘ
ecologicalRole carrion recycler ⓘ
scavenger ⓘ
family Cathartidae ⓘ
flightCapability soaring flight ⓘ
geographicDistribution Andes Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Andes

South America ⓘ
habitat mountainous regions ⓘ
open areas ⓘ
hasCommonNameForSpecies Andean condor ⓘ
hasConservationRelevance yes ⓘ
hasExtantSpecies Vultur gryphus ⓘ
hasLivingSpeciesCount 1 ⓘ
includesVeryLargeBirds true ⓘ
isBestKnownFor including the Andean condor ⓘ
isGenusOf New World vultures ⓘ
isMonotypic true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
namedAfter Latin word "vultur" or "vulturius" meaning vulture ⓘ
notableCharacteristic large wingspan in constituent species ⓘ
notableSpecies Andean condor ⓘ
order Cathartiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
region Neotropics ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm
subfamily Cathartinae ⓘ
linked to: Cathartidae
taxonomicStatus valid genus ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ
typeSpecies Vultur gryphus ⓘ
linked to: Vultur

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andean condor → genus → Vultur ⓘ
Andean condor → binomialName → Vultur gryphus ⓘ
linked to: Vultur
Oxnard College → hasMascot → Condors ⓘ
linked to: Vultur
Vultur → typeSpecies → Vultur gryphus ⓘ
linked to: Vultur
Cathartiformes → representativeSpecies → Vultur gryphus ⓘ
linked to: Vultur