White-rumped vulture

Gyps bengalensis

The White-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is a bird found in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and 1 more countries. Open country, cliffs and villages in South and Southeast Asia. It eats dead animals (carrion). The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Gyps bengalensis
Region	Asia
Found in	India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and 1 more countries

🏡 Where the White-rumped vulture lives

Open country, cliffs and villages in South and Southeast Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

🦴 Leftovers (carrion)100%

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

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 Once it was one of the most common big birds of prey on Earth. Then it nearly disappeared.

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Recorded by Viral joshi (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC881878. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the White-rumped vulture

Where does the White-rumped vulture live?

The White-rumped vulture lives in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and 1 more countries. Open country, cliffs and villages in South and Southeast Asia.

What does the White-rumped vulture eat?

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

Is the White-rumped 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.