Indian vulture, long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus)

Query: Iconographia zoologica

Result: 241^st of 1525

Subject:	Indian vulture, long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

Gyps indicus - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ18100081.jpg

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Indian vulture, long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus)

Gyps indicus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Common name Nederlands: Indische gier
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyps_indicus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18100081.tif

The Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) is an Old World vulture native to India, Pakistan and Nepal. The long-billed vulture is medium in size and bulky. Its body and covert feathers are pale, its quills are darker. Its wings are broad and its tail feathers short. Its head and neck are almost bald, and its bill is rather long.

Iconographia zoologica
241/1525

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