Saturday, 20 August 2011

Long Billed Vulture (Indian Vulture)




Name : Long billed Vulture (also known as Indian Vulture)
Size: 90 cms
Appearance: A Large, pale brown raptor. Feathers are in striking contrast in flight and underparts. Flight wings are darker. 
Habitat: Highly endangered species. Earlier use to be find around slaughter houses and garbage dumping grounds. Now, mostly found in dense forest. Mostly a scavenger. Found almost in entire India, apart from southern peninsular India and Srilanka. 
Call: A shivering hiss during eating.

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