Gyps indicus
Indian Vulture
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Genus
Gyps
Species
Gyps indicus
Status
critically endangered
Distinguishing features
The Long-billed Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald head, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It is smaller and less heavily-built than the Eurasian Griffon. It is distinguished from that species by its less buff body and wing coverts. It also lacks the whitish median covert bar shown by the Eurasian Griffon. (Wikipedia)
Size
- Up to 103 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Up to 238 cm
Synonyms
Distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
It breeds mainly on hilly crags in central and peninsular India. (Wikipedia)
Diet
Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation. (Wikipedia)
