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Himalayan Vulture

SP
Gyps himalayensis
고산대머리수리
Included in KBR checklist
Himalayan Vulture
Jan Reurink from Netherlands · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis), known in Korean as 고산대머리수리 is retained in the KoreAves reference system, but none of the current record-source types contributes an eligible occurrence record under the contracted evidence rules. This does not establish biological absence from South Korea.

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Family per AviList v2025b (CC BY 4.0) · Avibase record ↗ · Evidence snapshot 2026-10-04

and 2 more in this family.