Abstract
Nine species of vulture were reported in India. Out of them, four species Gyps indicus, Gyps bengalensis, Sacrogyps calvus and Neophron percnopterus are permanent residents and remain in and around Jodhpur. The remaining three species Gyps fulvus, Gyps himalayensis and Aegypus monachus are migratory species and come to site from October to February in winter season. Resident species reproduce here due to availability of food through out the year. Egyptian vulture is a smaller bird with naked head and without long scrawny neck and is permanent resident of Thar Desert. It is has maximum population as compared to other species of vultures observed in the area investigated in the present study. Key words: Breeding, migratory, population, resident, vulture, Thar Desert.
Highlights
Vultures are most important scavenger and play an important role in clearing animal carcasses and municipal dumps
New World vultures are under the order Falconiformes of family Cathartidae and Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae
The New World vultures are distributed from Southern Canada to the Falkland Islands and the Old World vultures are widely distributed in Asia, Africa and Europe
Summary
Vultures are most important scavenger and play an important role in clearing animal carcasses and municipal dumps. Vultures are large birds carrion eaters and are divi-ded into two groups: The New World Vultures and Old World Vultures. New World vultures are under the order Falconiformes of family Cathartidae and Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae. The New World vultures are distributed from Southern Canada to the Falkland Islands and the Old World vultures are widely distributed in Asia, Africa and Europe. The subfamily Aegypinae of Accipitridae contains 15 species of Old World vultures. Due to a lot of variations in geographical and environmental gradient nine species are reported to be present in India (Ali and Ripley, 1987), out of which, seven species have been reported and observed in and around Jodhpur on the tassel of the Great Indian Thar
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