{"id":27373,"date":"2025-12-25T11:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T05:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27373"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:55:04","slug":"long-billed-vulture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/long-billed-vulture\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-Billed Vulture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Long-Billed Vulture Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), along with the Maharashtra Forest Department, successfully carried out the tagging of 15 long-billed vultures at Melghat Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Long-Billed Vulture<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>old World vulture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> native to the Asian region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are also known as <\/span><b>Indian long-billed vultures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to their comparatively longer beak.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a medium-sized and bulky scavenger <\/span><b>feeding mostly on the carcasses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of dead animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Females of this species are smaller than males.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are usually <\/span><b>found in savannas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other open habitats around villages, cities, and near cultivated areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are native to India, Pakistan, and Nepal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation status: IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Critically Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Melghat Tiger Reserve<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the Amaravati district of <\/span><b>Maharashtra, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">specifically on the <\/span><b>Gavilgarh Hill,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a southern offshoot of <\/span><b>the Satpura Hill Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Central India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The forest is <\/span><b>tropical dry deciduous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in nature, dominated by teak.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The reserve is a catchment area for five major rivers: the <\/span><b>Khandu, Khapra, Sipna, Gadga, and Dolar,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> all of which are <\/span><b>tributaries of the river Tapti.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Tapti River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the Gawilgadh ridge of the <\/span><b>Satpura Range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form the boundaries of the reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tribes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Korkus are the largest tribal community in Melghat. Other communities include the Gawli community and the Gond tribe etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some of the common species are teak, Lagerstroemia Parviflora, Terminalia Tomentosa, Ougeinia Oojeinensis, Emblica Officinalis, Bamboo, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes Sloth Bear, Indian Gaur, Sambar deer, Leopard, Nilgais, dhole, hyena, jungle cat, langur, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/maharashtra\/15-long-billed-vultures-tagged-at-melghat-tiger-reserve-by-bnhs-3841477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-billed Vulture is an old World vulture native to the Asian region. 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