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Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
31.1471, 75.3412
Field Notes
Description:
Mostly white feathers; black on the wings. Yellow featherless face.
Habitat:
Sitting on electrical line as we whizzed past on the highway; there were about six or seven but we did not get very good shots as the driver refused to stop on the highway...but at least I have 3-4 usable photos.
Notes:
This is only member of the genus Neophron; and India is home to Neophron percnopterus ginginianus, the smallest of the three subspecies. It is one of the globally threatened vulture species found in India; classified under the ‘Endangered’ (EN) red list of the International Union for Conversation of Nature (IUCN). Safed giddh (white vulture) in Hindi.
Good news: https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/safe-h…
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PublishedOctober 22, 2018
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