Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
Indian White-backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) - HBW 2, p. 126
French: Vautour chaugoun
German: Bengalengeier
Spanish: Buitre Dorsiblanco Bengalí
Other common names: (Oriental) White-backed/White-rumped Vulture
Taxonomy: Vultur bengalensis Gmelin, 1788, Bengal.
Forms superspecies with G. africanus, with which sometimes considered conspecific; these two sometimes separated off in genus Pseudogyps. Monotypic.
Distribution: SE Iran, Afghanistan (perhaps irregularly) and Pakistan through Nepal and India to SC China (Yunnan), Indochina and N Malay Peninsula.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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An adult collecting material for a nest Locality Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Albert Martínez Vilalta 24 April 2003 9 years ago 17 sec 3.3 -
A bird in flight. Locality Desert National Park, Rajasthan, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 22 February 2011 1 year ago 15 sec 3.3 -
Two birds fighting and one of them showing agressive behaviour. Locality Veal Krous, Dongphlet, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 March 2011 1 year ago 30 sec 3.3 -
Several birds perched in a tree. Locality Veal Krous, Dongphlet, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 10 March 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 3.3 -
An individual perched on a branch Locality Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Albert Martínez Vilalta 24 April 2003 9 years ago 23 sec 3.1 -
Three individuals perched on a branch and one preening itself Locality Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
Albert Martínez Vilalta 24 April 2003 9 years ago 15 sec 3.1
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A juvenile bird soaring
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 1 April 2010 3 years ago 2 -
Five birds perched on a tree
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (Monotypic species)
vasanthan.p.j 23 January 2010 3 years ago 2 -
A bird soaring
Locality Tamil Nadu, India
vasanthan.p.j 22 December 2009 3 years ago 2 -
Indian White-backed Vulture: This species is an Old World vulture, different from the African White-backed Vulture – Gyps africa
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Manjot 14 December 1993 2 years ago 0
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Mating call Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 January 1983 3 years ago 4 -
Female calling during copulation on nest in a tall tree Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 December 1983 3 years ago 2
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