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PORTAL FOR BIRDS OF MADHYA PRADESH
   
 
  White-rumped Vulture  
Name : White-rumped Vulture
Scientific Name : Gyps bengalensis
Size : Chamar giddh (75-85 cm)
Habitat : Plains and hills
Identification : Dirty blackish brown vulture, scrawny, naked head & neck
Status : Migratory
Distribution : Throughout the Indian Union
Food : Carrion
Nest : October-March, Platform nest
Eggs : Single white
   



  Critically endangered
  Terrestrial
  Common
  Mainly seen in Panna and Madhav National Park Shivpuri
 
SPECIES OF TERRESTRIAL BIRDS FOUND IN MADHYA PRADESH