Aegypius
Aegypius is a genus of Old World vultures found in the subfamily Aegypiinae. Of the three species in the genus, only the cinereous vulture is extant. The Cinerous vulture is a creature that is hard to find as it is “a near threatened raptor that occurs in isolated populations across its range”. There were studies being conducted on the cinerous vulture and it indicates “that the Turkish birds hold, along with those from the Caucasus, an intermediate position between European and North Asian lineages”. The genus name Aegypius is a Greek word for 'vulture', or a bird not unlike one; Aelian describes the aegypius as "halfway between a vulture and an eagle". Some authorities think this a good description of a lammergeier; others do not. Aegypius is the eponym of the species, whatever it was.
