Gyps bengalensis: BirdLife International

2021 ◽  
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Gyps Bengalensis

scholarly journals Pain of Extinction: The Death of a Vulture

1970 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thom Van Dooren
Keyword(s):  
Gyps Bengalensis ◽  
Ethical Response

In the mid-1990s it was discovered that populations of three species of Asian vulture were disappearing at an unprecedented rate throughout India and the surrounding region. In attempting to convey the gravity of this situation we are often drawn to present it through numbers and data, to recount, for example, that 99 per cent of the Oriental white-rumped vultures (Gyps bengalensis) are now gone. But is this an appropriately ethical response to the mass death of vultures and the likely extinction of their species? In contrast to these more conventional accounts of extinctions, this article takes up the pain of vultures and the claim for response and responsibility that this pain issues. Writing about pain brings individual vultures (and others) back into our accounts as ethical subjects. But inside the multispecies communities of life that we all inescapably inhabit, I argue that this responsibility requires a worldliness beyond discrete individuals, and consequently must be understood as a generative opening, drawing us into entangled accountabilities.

scholarly journals Bacterial enteritis in an oriental white backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) and its successful management

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar ◽  
Prasenjit Dhar ◽  
Mandeep Sharma ◽  
Anshu Raj
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Culture ◽  
Oral Rehydration Solution ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Oral Rehydration ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Rehydration Solution ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis

An oriental white backed vulture weighing about 8 kg was rescued from a farmer’s field in a moribund condition. The vulture was showing signs of drooping feathers and wings, anorexia, unable to stand, and severe enteritis with dehydration. Bacterial culture from the cloaca of the bird revealed association of hemolytic E. coli that was sensitive to enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin. The bird was treated successfully with injectable enrofloxacin and oral rehydration solution. No parasitic eggs/protozoal oocysts or hemoprotozoan parasites could be detected in the bird. The bird recovered uneventfully and started taking feed and water normally.

scholarly journals Semen Characteristics of the Captive Indian White-Backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)1

2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 1039-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Govindhaswamy Umapathy ◽  
Sadanand Sontakke ◽  
Anuradha Reddy ◽  
Shakeel Ahmed ◽  
S. Shivaji
Keyword(s):  
Semen Characteristics ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis

scholarly journals Diurnal activity pattern of white-rumped vulture, Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788) in captivity during breeding season at Bangladesh National Zoo, Dhaka

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-85
Author(s):  
Md Abraharul Islam ◽  
Monirujjaman ◽  
Rasel Ahammed ◽  
Mahruma Aktar
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Season ◽  
Activity Pattern ◽  
Diurnal Activity ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
National Zoo ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis

Abstract not availableJahangirnagar University J. Biol. Sci. 7(1): 81-85, 2018 (June)

scholarly journals Monitoring of Gyps species vulture in Nawalparasi district, Nepal

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
P Subedi
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
School Children ◽  
Veterinary Drug ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Conservation Awareness ◽  
Vulture Conservation ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis ◽  
Breeding Status

Critically endangered White-rumped vulture (WRV), Gyps bengalensis and Slender-billed vulture (SBV), Gyps tenuirostris monitoring was conducted in Nawalparasi district in the winter of 2005 following Postupalsky criterion. The objectives of this study were to identify and monitor nest localities, behaviour and to explore information about the vultures. A total of 48 Gyps vulture nest was located at six colonies. Of these nests, 18 were found to be active nets, six nests belonged to SBV and 12 nests belonged to WRV. Hundred percent nestling successes were observed in the study area. Restricted pesticides i.e. BHC and DDT were found used in this area. Diclofenac was the commonly used veterinary drug in the treatment of livestock. Carcasses disposal practice was found favorable to the vulture's survival. Gyps vulture richness found in this area is due to the availability of food i.e. floating carcass along the edge of the Narayani river and suitable habitat for roosting and nesting. The majority of the respondents had found favorable attitude towards vulture conservation. Further studies on Gyps vulture to identify the breeding status, head droppings behavior as well as conservation awareness program for local people and school children are recommended for long-term survival of these lords of the sky in the study area. Key words: Gyps vulture, monitoring, diclofenac, pesticides   doi: 10.3126/banko.v18i2.2171 Banko Janakari, Vol. 18, No. 2, 35-43

scholarly journals Recent changes in populations of Critically Endangered Gyps vultures in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIBHU PRAKASH ◽  
TOBY H. GALLIGAN ◽  
SOUMYA S. CHAKRABORTY ◽  
RUCHI DAVE ◽  
MANDAR D. KULKARNI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
Eastern India ◽  
Inflammatory Drug ◽  
Low Level ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis

SummaryPopulations of the White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis, Indian Vulture G. indicus and Slender-billed Vulture G. tenuirostris declined rapidly during the mid-1990s all over their ranges in the Indian subcontinent because of poisoning due to veterinary use of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac. This paper reports results from the latest in a series of road transect surveys conducted across northern, central, western and north-eastern India since the early 1990s. Results from the seven comparable surveys now available were analysed to estimate recent population trends. Populations of all three species of vulture remained at a low level. The previously rapid decline of White-rumped Vulture has slowed and may have reversed since the ban on veterinary use of diclofenac in India in 2006. A few thousand of this species, possibly up to the low tens of thousands, remained in India in 2015. The population of Indian Vulture continued to decline, though probably at a much slower rate than in the 1990s. This remains the most numerous of the three species in India with about 12,000 individuals in 2015 and a confidence interval ranging from a few thousands to a few tens of thousands. The trend in the rarest species, Slender-billed Vulture, which probably numbers not much more than 1,000 individuals in India, cannot be determined reliably.

Neck-drooping Posture in Oriental White-Backed Vultures (Gyps bengalensis): An Unsuccessful Predictor of Mortality and Its Probable Role in Thermoregulation

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Gilbert ◽  
Richard T. Watson ◽  
Munir Z. Virani ◽  
J. Lindsay Oaks ◽  
Shakeel Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Probable Role ◽  
Gyps Bengalensis
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