CINEREOUS VULTURE

About:

• Nomenclature: Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) draws its name from “monachus”, which means hooded (like a monk) in Latin.
  
  
• Features: It is a distinctly dark large bird, with a blacked-tipped pink beak.
  
  
• Distribution:
  • In winters, it migrates from the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia to warmer places, including India.
    
    
  • While earlier records revealed that the bird comes to northern parts of India up to Rajasthan, bird watchers were surprised to find it in Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.
    
    
  
  
  
• IUCN Red List Status: It is classified as Near Threatened under the IUCN.