Indian vulture: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Indian vulture lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gyps indicus
Group	Birds of prey
Status	Critically endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Mass	5.51 kg (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Accipitriformes
Family	Accipitridae

Where does the Indian vulture live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Indian vulture in 2 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Indian vulture?

Wikidata records the following for the Indian vulture: mass 5.51 kg (adult weight).

Is the Indian vulture endangered?

The Indian vulture’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Critically endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Indian vulture?

The Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) is a bird in the order Accipitriformes and the family Accipitridae, genus Gyps. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Indian vulture

The Indian vulture or long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) is a bird of prey native to the Indian subcontinent. It is an Old World vulture belonging to the family of Accipitridae. It is a medium-sized vulture with a small, semi-bald head with little feathers, long beak, and wide dark colored wings. It breeds mainly on small cliffs and hilly crags in central India and south India.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Indian vulture (revision 1376742177), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q248086 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).