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Himalayan Vulture

(Gyps himalayensis)

Species Fact Sheet

IUCN Red List StatusNear ThreatenedSource: IUCN 2024

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...