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unusual facts about Rüppell's Vulture


Rüppell's Vulture

They roost on inaccessible rock ledges if these are available, or in trees, usually of type Acacia.


1826 in birding and ornithology

Eduard Rüppell's "Atlas of Rüppell's Travels in Northern Africa" (1826–30) includes an ornithological section by Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar describing around thirty new species, including Meyer's Parrot, Nubian Bustard, Goliath Heron, Streaked Scrub Warbler and Cretzschmar's Bunting.

Eduard Rüppell

During his absence Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar had used specimens sent back by Rüppell to produce the Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika (Atlas of Travels in northern Africa) (1826).

Indian threadfish

Rüppell's original classification was also revised; the fish was first placed in Seriolichthys, and finally in the senior genus Alectis by Ogilby in 1913.

Rüppell's fox

The Libyan Posts (General Posts and Telecommunications Company, GPTC) in cooperation with WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), dedicated a postal stamps issue to Rüppell's fox on May 1, 2008.

Rüppell's Warbler

This in turn is related to the species of Mediterranean and Middle East Sylvia warblers that have a naked eye-ring, namely the Subalpine Warbler, Sardinian Warbler and Ménétries's Warbler.


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