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Screen Themes - Birds of Prey - Indian White-rumped Vultures in Pushkar
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Screen Themes - Birds of Prey - Indian White-rumped Vultures in Pushkar


Not my photo, from a usenet newsgroup.


Indian White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae. It breeds on crags or in trees in northern and central India, Pakistan and southeast Asia, laying one egg. Birds may form loose colonies. The population is mostly resident.

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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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