Photo 51565059, (c) Satyen Mehta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Satyen Mehta

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Associated observations

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What

Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)

Observer

wildthings666

Date

June 2012

Description

The Asian King Vulture is critically endangered species as per IUCN. Seen feeding on a carcass of a cow. If we look carefully then we can see bones in front of the bird. The adult Asian King Vulture has a prominent deep red to orange naked head and the juvenile being of paler red. It has a black body with pale grey band at the base of flight feathers. The sexes differ in colour of the iris: males have a paler, whitish iris, while in females it is dark brown.

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