Prakruti Parichay
AccipitridaeNeophron

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

60–70 cmVery Large
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Widespread in Pakistan. Nepal and India. except the northeast. Small vulture with long. pointed wings, small and pointed head, and wedge - shaped tail. Adult mainly dirty white, with bare yellowish face and black flight feathers. Juvenile blackish-brown with bare grey face. With maturity, ta il. body and wing-coverts become whiter and face yellower. Spends the day soaring and gliding in search of food. Globally threatened. Towns. villages and city outskirts, especially around rubbish dumps and slaughter -ouses.

Colour

BlackWhiteBrownGrey
Average size
65 cm
Habitat
Towns. villages and city outskirts, especially around rubbish dumps and slaughter -ouses.
Behaviour
Resident. Widespread in Pakistan., Spends the day soaring and gliding in search of food. Globally threatened.

About this bird

Resident. Widespread in Pakistan. Nepal and India. except the northeast. Small vulture with long. pointed wings, small and pointed head, and wedge - shaped tail. Adult mainly dirty white, with bare yellowish face and black flight feathers. Juvenile blackish-brown with bare grey face. With maturity, ta il. body and wing-coverts become whiter and face yellower. Spends the day soaring and gliding in search of food. Globally threatened. Towns. villages and city outskirts, especially around rubbish dumps and slaughter -ouses.

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Egyptian Vulture is bigger than Satyr Tragopan but smaller than Black-throated Diver.

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Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

60–70 cm