white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

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Resolution: 1800x1200 File Size: 988155 Bytes Date: 2015:12:06 10:48:38 Camera: NIKON D7000 (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/8.0 Exposure: 1/800 sec Focal Length: 300/1 Upload Date: 2017:03:30 14:24:24

white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)

The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) flying near a water body after finishing a morning meal.
Date 6 December 2015, 10:48:38
Author Deepak sankat
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:White-rumped_vulture_(Gyps_bengalensis).jpg

The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia. It is closely related to the European griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus). At one time it was believed to be closer to the white-backed vulture of Africa and was known as the Oriental white-backed vulture.
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gyps
Species: Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788)
Synonyms: Pseudogyps bengalensis

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Scientific Name: Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788) Common Names: White-rumped Vulture, Asian White-backed Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Oriental White-backed Vulture French: Vautour chaugoun; German: Bengalengeier; Spanish: Buitre dorsiblanco bengalí, Buitre Leonado Bengalés Taxonomy: Vultur bengalensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Bengal, India.

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