Sentences with phrase «rumped vultures»
This one was intent on protecting its meal from seven white - rumped vultures that also had designs on the carcass.
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Just 100 white - rumped vultures live within Zone 1, he notes, and «If these 100 feed on only two or three cows with the harmful drugs, this will destroy the whole population.»
In India, which has the largest vulture populations and the best tracking efforts, the restriction is credited with enabling the white - rumped vulture population to recover slightly, to about 6000, and slowing the decline of Indian vultures, now down to fewer than 15,000.
The white - rumped vulture, he said admiringly, «is a majestic bird.»
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Cambodia's three vulture species — Red - headed (Sarcogyps calvus), Slender - billed (Gyps tenuirostris), and White - rumped (Gyps bengalensis)-- are all listed on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered.