Red-headed vulture
The red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus), also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture, is an Old World vulture mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of Southeast Asia.
| Red-headed vulture | |
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| Male in Bandhavgarh National Park, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Sarcogyps Lesson, 1842 |
| Species: | S. calvus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli, 1786) | |
| Current distribution range of red headed vulture | |
| Synonyms | |
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