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Indian Vulture

Conservation status

Critically Endangered

Population Trend

Decreasing

Alternate Names

Long-billed Vulture

Native Habitat

Open Countryside

Diet

Carrion

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Indian Vulture

Gyps indicus

Regional Names
  • Bengali:
    ভারতীয় শকুন
  • Bhojpuri:
    भारतीय गिद्ध
  • Gujarati:
    ભુખરો ગીધ, ગિરનારી ગીધ
  • Hindi:
    भारतीय गिद्ध
  • Kannada:
    ರಣಹದ್ದು
  • Marathi:
    लांब चोचीचे गिधाड
  • Nepali:
    लामो ठुँडे गिद्ध
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ACCIPITRIFORMES
ACCIPITRIDAE
Gyps indicus