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Smelling "death"
"Indian Vulture" (Gyps indicus) - s an Old World vulture and is closely related to the griffon vulture, G. fulvus. These scavengers feed mostly on the carcasses of dead animals, which they find by gliding across the sky. They often move in flocks. This reduces their chances of going back home empty stomach. They are among the CRITICALLY ENDANGERED birds in India.
The birds in the image were at least half a mile away where I clicked this image from in Masinagudi forest area, during the animal census a few years ago.
The Indian vulture is an Old World vulture and is closely related to the griffon vulture, ''G. fulvus''. It breeds mainly on hilly crags in central and peninsular India. The birds in the northern part of its range once considered a subspecies are now considered a separate species, the slender-billed vulture ''Gyps tenuirostris''. These were lumped together under the name long-billed vulture.
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