Asian white-backed vulture  (Gyps bengalensis)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated (20/03/05) by Nick Lindsay, International Zoo Programmes, Zoological Society of London.
http://www.zsl.org

Glossary

  • Carrion: dead flesh.
  • Ungulate: hoofed, grazing mammal.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (August, 2003)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (August, 2003)
    http://www.birdlife.org
  3. CITES (August, 2003)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. The Peregrine Fund (August, 2003)
    http://www.peregrinefund.org/
  5. BirdLife International. (2001) Threatened Birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book.BirdLife International, Cambridge, UK.
  6. Green, R.E., Newton, I., Schultz, S., Cunningham, A.A., Gilbert, M., Pain, D.J. and Prakash, V. (2004) Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent. Journal of Applied Ecology, 41 (5): 793 - 800.
  7. National Geographic News (December, 2004)
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/05/0511_040511_vultures.html
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