White-rumped Vulture
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About the White-rumped Vulture
Also known as: Asian White-backed Vulture, Oriental White-backed Vulture, Indian White-rumped Vulture
The White-rumped Vulture is an Old World species that lives in parts of the Indian Peninsula and across Southeast Asia. The species is also known as the Oriental White-backed Vulture.
White-rumped Vultures have black bodies with white backs and white neck ruff feathers. The naked head is dark grey with pink tinges and a silvery pointed beak.
The White-rumped Vulture is critically endangered. The species was considered the most abundant large bird of prey in the world at least into the 1980s. Since then it has suffered a 99% loss in population, due in large part to secondary poisoning via the livestock drug diclofenac. The use of safe alternatives to this drug may help save this species from the brink of extinction.
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Details & Statistics
Added to Birdorable
Hatched August 27, 2012
Scientific Name
Gyps bengalensis
Bird Family
Measurements
Length:
2.5 to 3.1 feet
(76.2 to 94 cm)
Wingspan:
6.3 to 8.5 feet
(1.9 to 2.6 meters)
Weight:
7.7 to 16.5 pounds
(3.5 to 7.5 kilos)
International Names
Chinese
白背兀鹫
Czech
sup bengálský
Danish
Bengalgrib
Dutch
Bengaalse Gier
Finnish
bengalinkorppikotka
French
Vautour chaugoun
German
Bengalengeier
Italian
Grifone dorsobianco del Bengala
Japanese
ベンガルハゲワシ [bengaruhagewashi]
Norwegian
Bengalgribb
Polish
sep bengalski
Russian
Бенгальский гриф
Spanish
Buitre Dorsiblanco Bengalí
Swedish
Asiatisk vitryggad gam
