White-rumped vulture / Bengalgeier (Gyps bengalensis)
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Classification: Genus Gyps; Subfamily True hawks (Accipitrinae); Family Accipitridae
General:
The white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an Old World vulture native to South and Southeast Asia. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2000, as the population severely declined. White-rumped vultures die of kidney failure caused by diclofenac poisoning.[1]
In the 1980s, the global population was estimated at several million individuals, and it was thought to be "the most abundant large bird of prey in the world".[2] As of 2021, the global population was estimated at less than 6,000 mature individuals.[1]
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