Red-headed Vulture

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When to see the Red-headed Vulture

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-headed Vulture

The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in China, Myanmar (Burma).

About the Red-headed Vulture

The red-headed vulture, also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture, is an Old World vulture mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of Southeast Asia.

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Easily confused with

Black-breasted BuzzardHamirostra melanosternonIntermediate in body size between the well-known larger wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) and the smaller little eagle (Hieraaetus morphnoides), the black-breasted buzzard is one of Australia's largest birds of prey and one of the world's largest kites alongside the red kite, which is slightly less heavy but has a longer total length. Black-and-white Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucusAs its name suggests, this is a black and white eagle, resembling the small typical eagles sometimes separated in "Hieraaetus". Slate-colored HawkButeogallus schistaceusIt is a medium-sized to large bird, typically about 40 cm (16 in) long.

Side by side: Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle vs Red-headed Vulture · Red-headed Vulture vs Slate-colored Hawk · Black-breasted Buzzard vs Red-headed Vulture