​Cinereous Vulture

  • Recently bird watchers and researchers were baffled to find Cinereous vulture in Hazaribagh in Jharkhand because it is usually found in northern parts of India up to Rajasthan.
  • Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) draws its name from “monachus”, which means hooded (like a monk) in Latin.
  • India is home to nine species of vultures and with the population of these birds dwindling, the country has launched a species-recovery plan through conservation breeding centres in different parts of the country.
  • It is also known as the black vulture, monk vulture, or Eurasian black vulture.
  • It is classified as Near Threatened under the IUCN Red ....
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