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

🔸Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary

👉It is located on the Southern Delhi Ridge of the Aravalli hill range on the Delhi-Haryana border and in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of the Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana.

👉It is at the end of an important wildlife corridor that starts from Sariska National Park in Alwar, Rajasthan.

01/03/2023
© Gallantias 2023 All rights reserved.