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white-headed vulture

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

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A critically-endangered species of Old World vultures, Trigonoceps occipitalis, known for the white plumage adorning their heads.

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  • Arabic: نَسْر أَبْيَض اَلرَّأْس (nasr ʔabyaḍ ar-raʔs) — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白頭禿鷲 /白头秃鹫 (báitóu tūjiù) — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白頭鷲 /白头鹫 (báitóu jiù) — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Dutch: witkopgier — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Finnish: kirjokorppikotka — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • French: vautour à tête blanche — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • German: Wollkopfgeier — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Hungarian: gyapjasfejű keselyű — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Italian: avvoltoio testabianca — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Polish: sęp białogłowy — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Portuguese: abutre-de-cabeça-branca — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Romanian: vultur african cu cap alb — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Russian: африка́нский белого́рлый гриф (afrikánskij belogórlyj grif) — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Russian: белоголо́вый гриф (belogolóvyj grif) — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Spanish: buitre cabeciblanco — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Turkish: ak başlı akbaba — Trigonoceps occipitalis
  • Vietnamese: kền kền đầu trắng — Trigonoceps occipitalis