Asian King Vulture
by Chetan Rangaraj
Birds of Prey
Keywords: Vulture, Red-headed Vulture, Asian King Vulture, Indian Black Vulture, Pondicherry Vulture, Sarcogyps calvus, bird, raptor, scavenger, wings, flight, wild, wildlife, safari, India, Asia
An Asian King Vulture alongside the remains of a spotted deer at the Nagarhole NP in South India. These vultures are now critically endangered ad their numbers have been coming down by half every other year. The widespread use of the veterinary drug NSAID Diclofenac has been identified as the cause.
Image Reference: CR_7414Image Format: Digital Capture - Greater than 9MPImage Crop: Greater than 75% of originalDigital Enhancement: NoneModel Release: NAProperty Release: NACaptive: No
