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Critically Endangeredvia IUCN
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- species
- endemic to
- Mishmi Hills
- IUCN conservation status
- Critically Endangered
- taxon name
- Gyps tenuirostris
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- Gyps tenuirostris
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- Gyps tenuirostris
- taxon common name
- grifo-de-bico-fino
- wingspan
- 2.286
- egg incubation period
- 50
- litter size
- 1
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Encyclopedic overview
The slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) is an Old World vulture species native to sub-Himalayan regions and Southeast Asia. It is Critically Endangered since 2002 as the population on the Indian subcontinent has declined rapidly. As of 2021, fewer than 870 mature individuals are thought to remain.
It used to be 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 and nests in trees.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slender-billed Vulture” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.