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Red-headed vulture
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The red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus), also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture,[2] is an Old World vulture mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of Southeast Asia.
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Red-headed vulture | |
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Male in Bandhavgarh National Park, India | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Sarcogyps Lesson, 1842 |
Species: | S. calvus |
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Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) | |
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Current distribution range of red headed vulture | |
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