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Indian Vulture

Gyps indicus

Photo by Sachin Zaveri
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Description:

The Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus) is an Old World vulture and is closely related to the Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus. It breeds mainly on hilly crags in central and peninsular India. The birds in the northern part of its range once considered a subspecies are now considered a separate species, the Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris. These were lumped together under the name Long-billed Vulture.

Notes:

Not able to take more and clear images, any one can help ID by just wing, ,,

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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
For that area Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus) is most likely, although Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus) looks very similar from the top and is also within range. I think the others that are within range would be much darker on top.

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