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A flock of White-backed (Asian white-backed vulture - Gyps bengalensis) / Long-billed Vultures at Dhikala Chaur or grassland at Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India. Also sitting with them is a pair of King Vultures, identified by their red coloured necks. The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) is also known as the Black Vulture. The scientific name of king vulture is Sarcoramphus papa. It is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, though some believe that William Bartram's Painted Vulture of Florida may be of this species. It is the only surviving member of the genus Sarcoramphus, though fossil memb
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