{"id":12455,"date":"2026-02-15T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12455"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T06:24:05","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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest officials recently rescued a critically endangered White-rumped vulture found weak and grounded at Mampad near Nilambur, Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About White-Rumped Vulture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <strong>s<\/strong><\/span><b>mall Old World vulture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> native to<\/span><b> South and Southeast Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific name: Gyps bengalensis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like other vultures, it <\/span><b>feeds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mostly <\/span><b>on carcasses,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which it <\/span><b>finds by soaring high in thermals and spotting other scavengers.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Distribution<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><b>Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Bhutan, <\/span><b>Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laos, Cambodia, and southern <\/span><b>Vietnam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Habitat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Found <\/span><b>mostly in plains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and l<\/span><b>ess frequently in hilly regions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can also be seen in <\/span><b>villages and cities near to cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>White-Rumped Vulture <\/b><b>Population<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1980s, the global population was estimated at several million individuals, and it was thought to be \u201cthe most abundant large bird of prey in the world\u201d.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of 2021, the global population was estimated at <\/span><b>less than 6,000 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mature individuals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main <\/span><b>reason for this big decline<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a medicine called <\/span><b>diclofenac<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This medicine, <\/span><b>used for farm animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>poisons the vultures when they eat dead animals.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It causes their<\/span><b> kidneys to fail.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>White-Rumped Vulture <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an <\/span><b>unfeathered head and neck,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> very <\/span><b>broad wings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>short tail feathers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adults are 75 to 85 cm tall, their wing span is 180 to 210 cm, and their weight ranges from 3.5 to 7.5 kg.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sexes are approximately equal in size.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Adults are darker<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than juveniles, with <\/span><b>blackish plumage, a white neck-ruff,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>white patch of feathers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span><b>lower back and upper tail,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from which their common name is derived.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a <\/span><b>pale grey patch on the upper surface of the wings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, visible when the wings are folded. The <\/span><b>undersides of the wings <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are a <\/span><b>dark slate to brownish color.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>White-Rumped Vulture <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Critically Endangered<\/b>&#8216; under the IUCN Red List.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/white-rumped-vulture-rescued-from-nilambur-soars-again-over-wayanad\/article70632799.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White-Rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is a small Old World vulture found in South and Southeast Asia, feeding mainly on carcasses. 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