{"id":117915,"date":"2026-08-08T12:18:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=117915"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:48:36","slug":"slender-billed-vulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/slender-billed-vulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Slender-billed Vulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Slender-billed Vulture Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, five slender-billed vultures bred in captivity at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)\u2019s conservation facility in Assam were released into the wild.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Slender-billed Vulture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris ) is an <\/span><b>Old World vulture species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> native to sub-Himalayan.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wetlands and wooded areas and also in open countryside.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in <\/span><b>India from the Gangetic plain north<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, west to Himachal Pradesh, south potentially as far as northern Odisha, and east through Assam.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also found in north and central <\/span><b>Bangladesh, southern Nepal, Myanmar, and Cambodia.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are characterised by their <\/span><b>long, slender necks<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pale underparts and their dark, thin bills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike other vultures, they are not that common in areas close to human habitation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They <\/span><b>feed on carrion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and large flocks are often seen near carcasses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Behavior:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is very good at gliding and always away on search flights to find new food.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Reasons for its population decline:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are <\/span><b>exposed to diclofenac<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (and other Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs [NSAIDs]) through scavenging on the carcasses of largely cattle and buffalo that had been treated prior to death.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN Red list: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critically Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wildlife-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife Protection Act 1972<\/a>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/assam-records-worlds-first-ever-release-of-captive-bred-slender-billed-vultures\/article71317644.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slender-billed Vulture is an Old World vulture species native to sub-Himalayan. 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