red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)

Query: birds of asia

Result: 987^th of 1792

Subject:	red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
Poster:	Wiki Photos (---@---.---)

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Otogyps calvus
Date 1850-1883
Source The Birds of Asia. Volume 1
Author Joseph Wolf, H C Richter
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OtogypsCalvusGould.jpg

The red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) is also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture. It is mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of Southeast Asia. It has a prominent naked head: deep-red to orange in the adult, paler red in the juvenile.

birds of asia
987/1792

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