Red-headed Vulture

Red-headed Vulture
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Red-headed Vulture, Sarcogyps calvus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Inopinaves
Clade:	Afroaves
Superorder:	Accipitrimorphae
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Subfamily:	Gypinae
Genus:	Sarcogyps Lesson, R, 1842
Species:	S. calvus
Binomial name
Sarcogyps calvus Scopoli, 1786
Range of S. calvus

Other names

Also known as the Asian King Vulture, Indian Black Vulture or Pondicherry Vulture.

Description

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Projects
This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. File:Accipitriformes diversity.png This article is part of Project Accipitriformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each diurnal raptor, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Accipitridae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each accipitrid, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Monotypic Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each monotypic genera, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Bird Genera, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each genus, including made-up genera.