Indian Vulture
(Gyps indicus)Species Fact Sheet
IUCN Red List Status | Critically Endangered | Source: IUCN 2024 |
Nesting Habitat | Nest colonially and exclusively use cliffs or buildings (such as old monuments) for their nests | Source: Kushwaha 2016 |
Recent News
22 February 2025: "382 Vultures Cosy Up In Womb Of Madhya Pradesh's Katni" The Free Press Journal (India).
22 February 2025: "Vulture Population Soars in Madhya Pradesh, Tops National Chart" The Impressive Times (India).
18 February 2025: "Three-Day Vulture Census Kick Starts Across Madhya Pradesh; State Is Home To 10,000 Vultures" The Free Press Journal (India).
10 February 2025: "Menar witnesses rare sighting of critically endangered vultures" Udaipur Times (India).
29 January 2025: "Telangana’s endangered vultures migrate to Maharashtra" Telangana Today (India)
20 January 2025: "City to host Maha's second vulture breeding centre amid conservation push" Times of India.
18 January 2025: "56 bird species from Western Ghats and Goa face global conservation threats" Times of India.
13 January 2025: "Habitat loss, food scarcity key factors in decline of Long-billed Vulture: Study" Hindustan Times.
24 December 2024: "Yam Bahadur feeding vultures for 19 years" The Rising Nepal.
18 December 2024: “25 Vultures released from Haryana Breeding Centre” The Pioneer.
10 December 2024: "Illegal ritualistic hunts in West Bengal kill thousands of animals each year" Phys.org.
4 December 2024: "State forms 11-member panel for vulture conservation" Times of India.
12 November 2023: “Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block” The New York Times.
Bibliography
Kushwaha 2016. “Utilisation of green plant material in nests of Longbilled Vultures Gyps indicus in Bundelkhand Region, India” Vulture News 71: November 2016. https://www.ajol.info...
MaMing and Xu 2015. “Status and threats to vultures in China” Vulture News 68: July 2015. 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...
Shah et al 2024. "Protecting Endangered Species: The Role of International Environmental Law in Pakistan" Journal of Regional Studies Review 3(1). https://ojs.jrsr.org...