Rare sight of Indian vulture spotted in Thane thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rare sight of Indian vulture spotted in Thane thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
maharashtra forest department with the help of vulture conservation breeding centre (vcbc), pinjore and bombay natural history society (bnhs) will release 40 white-backed and long-billed vultures bred in captivity into the wild soon. the forest department will get these vultures from vcbc, pinjore. the 20 pairs of scavengers will be released in pench tiger reserve (ptr), maharashtra; tadoba andhari tiger reserve (tatr); and melghat tiger reserve (mtr). “releasing vultures after breeding is a good initiat
A total of nine vulture species are found in India. Among them, Gujarat has four species, including Indian vultures, which are now noted as rare residents of the state.
Out of the 942 bird species that were studied, 142 are declining, 189 are stable and only 28 are increasing. The report was published by State of India’s Birds (SoIB), on the basis of data from 30,000 birdwatchers in the country.