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A King Vulture struts around in a grassland with a large animal bone in its beak. The Red-headed or King Vulture is a stately bird that was formerly widespread in India and south-eastern Asia, but after massive decline probably due to the veterinary drug Diclofenac ingested with the carcasses of livestock, this species is today Critically Endangered. This is a medium-sized raptor, the only member of the genus Sarcogyps. It has black plumage overall. The black body shows white patches on the flanks above the thighs, with bare red patches in the middle of each white patch. The brownish crop has red bare patches on each side, and the deep red bare upper neck shows two broad lappets on the sides. At the base of the neck, we can see a ruff of blackish-brown feathers on the hind neck and the sid
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