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Slender-billed vulture

Gyps tenuirostris

The Slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) is a bird found in India and Cambodia. Found in India and Cambodia. It eats dead animals (carrion). The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific nameGyps tenuirostris
RegionAsia
Found inIndia and Cambodia

🏡 Where the Slender-billed vulture lives

Found in India and Cambodia.

🍽️ What it eats

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.
💡 It weighs about 5.5 kilograms. It mostly eats dead animals.

Hear the Slender-billed vulture

Recorded by Phil Gregory (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC899521. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Slender-billed vulture

Where does the Slender-billed vulture live?

The Slender-billed vulture lives in India and Cambodia. Found in India and Cambodia.

What does the Slender-billed vulture eat?

dead animals (carrion) (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Slender-billed vulture endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.