Cinereous Vulture : Sighted
The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus), one of the largest raptors in the world, has been sighted at the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Cinereous Vulture is also known as the Eurasian Black Vulture or monk vulture.
- It is one of the heaviest and largest raptors in the world.
- It is one of the two largest Old-World vultures.
- It is an altitudinal migrant which means it migrates from a higher to a lower altitude.
- This vulture is a bird of hilly, mountainous areas, especially favouring dry semi-open habitats such as meadows at high altitudes over much of the range.
- It is a Eurasian species.
- It is mainly found in Spain and inland Portugal, South France, central Asia, northern India, northern Manchuria, Mongolia and Korea.
- Conservation status
- IUCN: Near threatened
- Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule IV
Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary:
- It is located on the Southern Delhi Ridge of the Aravalli hill range on the Delhi-Haryana border.
