{"id":12455,"date":"2026-06-30T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12455"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T08:38:19","slug":"white-rumped-vulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/white-rumped-vulture\/","title":{"rendered":"White-Rumped Vulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>White-Rumped Vulture Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a captive-bred, radio-tagged white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis), that was released in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) earlier this year was electrocuted to death.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About White-Rumped Vulture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a small <\/span><b>Old World vulture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> native to <\/span><b>South and Southeast Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Other Names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is also known as <\/span><b>Indian White-backed Vulture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><b>Oriental White-backed Vulture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Found <\/span><b>mostly in plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and less frequently in hilly regions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be seen in villages and cities near to cultivation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and southern Vietnam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an <\/span><b>unfeathered head and neck<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, very broad wings, and short tail feathers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sexes are approximately <\/span><b>equal in size.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adults are darker than juveniles, with blackish plumage, a white neck-ruff, and a white patch of feathers on the lower back and upper tail.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Like other vultures, it feeds mostly on carcasses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN: <\/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 1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/radio-tagged-white-rumped-vulture-dies-of-electrocution-in-nilgiris\/article71160880.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White-Rumped Vulture is a small Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia. 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