Meanings
nounwhite-headed vulture (plural white-headed vultures)
plural white-headed vultures
- A critically-endangered species of Old World vultures, Trigonoceps occipitalis, known for the white plumage adorning their heads.
Translations
Arabic نَسْر أَبْيَض اَلرَّأْس
- نَسْر أَبْيَض اَلرَّأْس (nasr ʔabyaḍ ar-raʔs)Trigonoceps occipitalis
Chinese Mandarin 白頭禿鷲 /白头秃鹫, 白頭鷲 /白头鹫
- 白頭禿鷲 /白头秃鹫 (báitóu tūjiù)Trigonoceps occipitalis
- 白頭鷲 /白头鹫 (báitóu jiù)Trigonoceps occipitalis
Dutch witkopgier
- witkopgierTrigonoceps occipitalis
Finnish kirjokorppikotka
- kirjokorppikotkaTrigonoceps occipitalis
French vautour à tête blanche
- vautour à tête blancheTrigonoceps occipitalis
German Wollkopfgeier
- WollkopfgeierTrigonoceps occipitalis
Hungarian gyapjasfejű keselyű
- gyapjasfejű keselyűTrigonoceps occipitalis
Italian avvoltoio testabianca
- avvoltoio testabiancaTrigonoceps occipitalis
Polish sęp białogłowy
- sęp białogłowyTrigonoceps occipitalis
Portuguese abutre-de-cabeça-branca
- abutre-de-cabeça-brancaTrigonoceps occipitalis
Romanian vultur african cu cap alb
- vultur african cu cap albTrigonoceps occipitalis
Russian африка́нский белого́рлый гриф, белоголо́вый гриф
- африка́нский белого́рлый гриф (afrikánskij belogórlyj grif)Trigonoceps occipitalis
- белоголо́вый гриф (belogolóvyj grif)Trigonoceps occipitalis
Spanish buitre cabeciblanco
- buitre cabeciblancoTrigonoceps occipitalis
Turkish ak başlı akbaba
- ak başlı akbabaTrigonoceps occipitalis
Vietnamese kền kền đầu trắng
- kền kền đầu trắngTrigonoceps occipitalis
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