Long-billed Vulture

The Slender-billed Vulture is a recently recognized species of Old World vulture. For some time, it was categorized with its relative, the Indian Vulture, under the name of Long-billed Vulture. However, these two species have non-overlapping distribution ranges and can be immediately told apart by trained observers, even at considerable distances. The Indian Vulture is found only to the south of the Ganges and breeds on cliffs while the Slender-billed Vulture is found along the Sub-Himalayan regions and into Southeast Asia and nests in trees.

The Long-billed Vulture is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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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, usually weighing between 5.5 and 6.3 kg (12–13.9 lbs) and measuring 80–100 cm (32-40 in) long and 205 to 229 cm (81–91 in) across the wings. It is distinguished from that species by its less buff body and wing coverts. It also lacks the whitish median covert bar shown by Griffon. More

Long-Billed Vulture(Indian Griffon Vulture) Gyps indicus Size: Voice: Diet/Feeding: These indian members of the griffon family feed on carrion, which is plentiful in their area, in the form of sheep, buffalos, and other unfortunate domestics livestock. Because their long, thin beaks are not very strong, the Indian Griffon vultures must often wait for the larger scavengers to tear open a carcass for them. More

Long-billed Vulture preeningThe Indian Vulture, Gyps indicus, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus. Some sources treat the birds in the eastern part of its range as a separate species, the Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris. The birds in the eastern part of its range, formerly considered a subspecies, have been shown to constitute a separate species, the Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris. More

Aspects of the topic long-billed vulture are discussed in the following places at Britannica. Assorted References * Old World vultures (in vulture (bird): Old World vultures) ...some of the most common vultures. In South Asia three Gyps species, the Asian white-backed vulture (G. bengalensis), the long-billed vulture (G. indicus), and the slender-billed vulture (G. More

The Long-billed Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald head, very broad wings and short tail. It is smaller and less heavily-built than European 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 Griffon. This and the Indian White-rumped Vulture, G. More

John, Paul, George and Ringo the Long-billed Vulture by kittykat23uk on flickr.com Three of southern Asia's vultures have declined by more than 95% since the early 1990s. Including this species- the Long-billed vulture. The Oriental white-backed vulture was so abundant in India in the 1980s that it was probably the most common large bird of prey in the world. It has declined by 99.9%. Today, along with the long-billed vulture and slender-billed vulture, it is critically threatened with extinction in the near future. More

post images of long-billed vultures that they had shot so close to Bangalore, we decided to go to Ramanagara in the hope of seeing these magnificent birds. The road was excellent and by 6.30 we were at the foot of some very rocky hills that is so typical of the Ramanagara landscape. More

bengalensis, and the long-billed vulture, Gyps indicus, over much of India have fallen to less than 5 % of their former abundance; dead vultures continue to be found, indicating that the decline is continuing. A national workshop convened in Mumbai in August 1999 by Dr. Asad Rahmani, Director of the Bombay Natural History Society, confirmed the magnitude and geographical extent of this unprecedented event. A number of possible causes were discussed at the workshop. Among these, two have continued to receive serious attention. More