Resident. SE Pakistan, through hills of India east to West Bengal and south to Kerala. II Key features of adult are sandy-brown body and upperwing - coverts (Griffon Vulture is more rufescent). blackish ead and neck with sparse white down on hind neck (Griffon has more extensive covering of white down). white downy ruff. and yellowish bill. and lacks pale streaking on underparts; in flight. lacks broad whitish band across median underwing - coverts shown by Griffon, and has whiter rump and back. See account for Slender - billed for differences from that species. Much smaller and less heavily built than Himalayan. with darker head and neck. white ruff, and dark legs and feet. Juvenile has feathery buff neck-ruff, dark bill and care with a pale culmen, and the head and neck have whitish down; distinguished from juvenile Eurasian Griffon by pale culmen, darker brown upperparts with more pronounced pale streaking. and pale rand less rufescent coloration to streaked underparts. Best features to distinguish juvenile Indian from juvenile White-rumped are paler and less clearly streaked underparts. paler upper- and underwing-coverts. and whitish rump and back. Habits like White-rumped's. Globally threatened. Cities. towns and villages.
Colour
BrownBlack
Average size
96 cm
Habitat
Cities. towns and villages.
Behaviour
Resident., ead and neck with sparse white down on hind neck (Griffon has more extensive covering of white down). white downy ruff. and yellowish bill. and lacks pale streaking on underparts, in flight. lacks broad whitish band across median underwing - coverts shown by Griffon, and has whiter rump and back. See account for Slender - billed for differences from that species. Much smaller and less heavily built than Himalayan. with darker head and neck. white ruff, and dark legs and feet. Juvenile has feathery buff neck-ruff, dark bill and care with a pale culmen, and the head and neck have whitish down, distinguished from juvenile Eurasian Griffon by pale culmen, darker brown upperparts with more pronounced pale streaking. and pale rand less rufescent coloration to streaked underparts. Best features to distinguish juvenile Indian from juvenile White-rumped are paler and less clearly streaked underparts. paler upper- and underwing-coverts. and whitish rump and back. Habits like White-rumped's. Globally threatened.
About this bird
Resident. SE Pakistan, through hills of India east to West Bengal and south to Kerala. II Key features of adult are sandy-brown body and upperwing - coverts (Griffon Vulture is more rufescent). blackish ead and neck with sparse white down on hind neck (Griffon has more extensive covering of white down). white downy ruff. and yellowish bill. and lacks pale streaking on underparts; in flight. lacks broad whitish band across median underwing - coverts shown by Griffon, and has whiter rump and back. See account for Slender - billed for differences from that species. Much smaller and less heavily built than Himalayan. with darker head and neck. white ruff, and dark legs and feet. Juvenile has feathery buff neck-ruff, dark bill and care with a pale culmen, and the head and neck have whitish down; distinguished from juvenile Eurasian Griffon by pale culmen, darker brown upperparts with more pronounced pale streaking. and pale rand less rufescent coloration to streaked underparts. Best features to distinguish juvenile Indian from juvenile White-rumped are paler and less clearly streaked underparts. paler upper- and underwing-coverts. and whitish rump and back. Habits like White-rumped's. Globally threatened. Cities. towns and villages.
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Every bird sits between two neighbours — bigger than one, smaller than the other. The sentences below are generated live from the database.
