Slender-billed Vulture (species: Gyps tenuirostris) in Laos Wildlife (Gaia Guide)
Gyps tenuirostris
Slender-billed Vulture


©Ravi Vaidya: Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Accipitriformes
Family Accipitridae
Genus Gyps
Species Gyps tenuirostris

Distinguishing features

This vulture is mostly grey with a pale rump and grey undertail coverts. The thighs have whitish down. The neck is long, bare, skinny and black. The black head is angular and narrow with the dark bill appearing narrow midway. The ear opening is prominent and exposed. (Wikipedia)

Size

  • Up to 95 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

The Slender-billed Vulture is found in India from the Gangetic plain north, west to Himachal Pradesh, south potentially as far as northern Odisha, and east through Assam. It is also found in north and central Bangladesh, southern Nepal, Burma and Cambodia. (Wikipedia)

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