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Asian white-backed vulture

(Gyps bengalensis)

Description

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 renal failure caused by diclofenac poisoning.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Accipitriformes
Family:Accipitridae
Genus:Gyps
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