Himalayan Vulture
(Gyps himalayensis)Species Fact Sheet
IUCN Red List Status | Near Threatened | Source: IUCN 2024 |
Recent News
7 February 2025: "Elusive vulture and drongo make landfall in S’pore, delighting birdwatchers" The Straits Times (Singapore).
2 February 2025: "Rare bird species, including Himalayan vulture, spotted in Kyetmauktaung Dam area" Global New Light of Myanmar.
23 January 2025: "Himalayan Griffon Vulture rescued from village in Uran" Mid-day
29 December 2024: "Rare Himalayan griffon vulture rescued from K'pada village" Times of India.
Bibliography
Chakraborty et al 2024. “Indian Leopard predation on the sub-adult Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Accipitridae: Accipitriformes)” Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(11). https://threatenedtaxa.org...
MaMing and Xu 2015. “Status and threats to vultures in China” Vulture News 68: July 2015. https://www.ajol.info...
MaMing et al 2016. “Vultures and sky burials on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau” Vulture News 71: November 2016. https://www.ajol.info...
Mani et al 2024. "Threats to vultures of Uttar Pradesh: A review" International Journal of Science and Research Archive 13(2). https://www.researchgate.net...
Ummee et al 2024. “Deep mitochondrial phylogeographical pattern: cryptic population structure within an ecological niche in the near-threatened Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 144(1). https://academic.oup.com...