The Red-headed vulture | UPSC Daily Current Affairs 2023

👉Red-headed vulture is one of the 9 species of Vulture which are found in India.

👉It is also called the Asian King vulture or Pondicherry Vulture was extensively found in India but its numbers drastically reduced after diclofenac poisoning

👉IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered

👉Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule 1

25/03/2023
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