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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae.

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Examples

  • The Hyphaene palms to the west of the pans are nesting sites for, among others, the greater kestrel (Falco rupicoloides) and the palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis).

    Zambezian halophytics 2008

  • This Gypohierax (Angolensis) is a very wild bird, flushed at 200 yards: I heard of, but I never saw, the Gwanyoni, which M. du Chaillu, (chapter xvi.) calls Guanionian, an eagle or a vulture said to kill deer.

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

  • This Gypohierax (Angolensis) is a very wild bird, flushed at 200 yards: I heard of, but I never saw, the

    Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • a hornbill (_buceros_), all feathers and no flesh; a lean and lanky diver (_plotus_), some lovely little honeysuckers, a red oriole, a fine vulture (_Gypohierax angolensis_), and a grand osprey (_hali [oe] tus_), which even in the agonies of death would not drop his prey.

    To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

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