What is a vulture ? Vultures are large, social raptors that live on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. The 23 species are divided into New World vultures from the Americas and Old ... The Indian vulture or long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) is a bird of prey native to the Indian subcontinent. It is an Old World vulture belonging to the family of Accipitridae. It is a medium-sized vulture with a small, semi-bald head with little feathers, long beak, and wide dark colored wings. It breeds mainly on small cliffs and hilly crags in central India and south India. The Indian vulture is a keystone species that has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since ... The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus), also called the Eurasian Black Vulture , is one of the heaviest and largest birds of prey in the world. It is a powerful scavenger found across parts of Europe and Asia, especially in dry, mountainous or hilly regions. Identification Dark brown to black plumage with a thick, woolly-looking neck ruff
