Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, March 2017 |
1010 WHITE-RUMPED VULTURE Gypus bengalensis
NEPAL 73
Found around habitation, cultivation, and open country. 75-85 cm. Resident; rare in the centre and east; generally uncommon in west; though after sharp decline in late 20th and early 21st century populations are recovering at some sites due to conservation efforts.
NOTE: Globally threatened.
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