Vultur

E592315

genus taxon

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

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Condors	1
Vultur gryphus	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
authority	Linnaeus NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToClade	New World vultures ⓘ
class	Aves ⓘ
commonName	vultures ⓘ
containsTaxon	Vultur gryphus ⓘ
describedBy	Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
describedInYear	1758 ⓘ
diet	carrion ⓘ
ecologicalRole	carrion recycler ⓘ scavenger ⓘ
family	Cathartidae NERFINISHED ⓘ
flightCapability	soaring flight ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Andes Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ South America NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat	mountainous regions ⓘ open areas ⓘ
hasCommonNameForSpecies	Andean condor NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConservationRelevance	yes ⓘ
hasExtantSpecies	Vultur gryphus ⓘ
hasLivingSpeciesCount	1 ⓘ
includesVeryLargeBirds	true ⓘ
isBestKnownFor	including the Andean condor ⓘ
isGenusOf	New World vultures NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMonotypic	true ⓘ
kingdom	Animalia ⓘ
namedAfter	Latin word "vultur" or "vulturius" meaning vulture ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	large wingspan in constituent species ⓘ
notableSpecies	Andean condor NERFINISHED ⓘ
order	Cathartiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
phylum	Chordata ⓘ
region	Neotropics NERFINISHED ⓘ
subfamily	Cathartinae NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonomicStatus	valid genus ⓘ
taxonRank	genus ⓘ
typeSpecies	Vultur gryphus NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Andean condor → genus → Vultur ⓘ

Andean condor → binomialName → Vultur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vultur gryphus

Oxnard College → hasMascot → Vultur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Condors