White rumped vulture
White rumped vulture Disappearing from Delhi's skies; how much worse can omens get? The white-rumped vulture is a typical, medium-sized vulture, with an unfeathered head and neck, very broad wings, and short tail feathers. It is much smaller than the Eurasian Griffon. It has a white neck ruff. The adult's whitish back, rump, and underwing coverts contrast with the otherwise dark plumage. The body is black and the secondaries are silvery grey. The head is tinged in pink and bill is silvery with dark ceres. The nostril openings are slit-like. Juveniles are largely dark and take about four or five years to acquire the adult plumage. In flight, the adults show a dark leading edge of the wing and has a white wing-lining on the underside. The under tail coverts are black. यह एक मध्यम आकार का गिद्ध है जिसके सिर और गर्दन पर बाल नहीं होते हैं। इसके पंख बहुत चौड़े होते हैं और पूँछ छोटी होती है। यह ग्रिफ़न गिद्ध से काफ़ी छोटा होता है और इसकी गर्दन में सफ़ेद पंखों का