Slender-billed vulture

Slender-billed vulture
Slender-billed Vulture in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gyps
Species:
G. tenuirostris
Binomial name
Gyps tenuirostris
Distribution in blue
Synonyms

Gyps indicus tenuirostris
Gyps indicus nudiceps[5][6]

The slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) is an Old World vulture species native to sub-Himalayan regions and Southeast Asia. It is Critically Endangered since 2002 as the population on the Indian subcontinent has declined rapidly. As of 2021, fewer than 870 mature individuals are thought to remain.[1]

It used to be the Indian vulture, under the name of “long-billed vulture”. However, these two species have non-overlapping distribution ranges and can be immediately told apart by trained observers, even at considerable distances. The Indian vulture is found only to the south of the Ganges and breeds on cliffs while the slender-billed vulture is found along and nests in trees.

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2021). "Gyps tenuirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22729460A204781113. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  2. ^ Gray, G.R. (1844). "Vulturinae, or Vultures". The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera. Vol. 1. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. p. 5–6.
  3. ^ Hume, A. O. (1878). "Gyps tenuirostris Hodgson". Stray Feathers. 7: 326.
  4. ^ Deignan, H. G. (1946). "The correct names of three Asiatic birds" (PDF). Ibis. 88: 402–403. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1946.tb03492.x.
  5. ^ Baker, ECS (1927) Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 47:151
  6. ^ Rand, A. L. & Fleming, R. L. (1957). "Birds from Nepal". Fieldiana: Zoology. 41 (1): 55.