Eco-Biology, Threats and Conservation Problems of Indian Vulture in Southern Rajasthan, India

Authors

  • Narayan Lal Choudhary Research Scholar, Wildlife, Limnology & Toxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girl’s College (Mohanlal Sukhadia University), Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India
  • Nadim Chishty Associate Professor, Wildlife, Limnology & Toxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girl’s College (Mohanlal Sukhadia University), Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India
  • Habiba Bano Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Maharani College (Rajasthan University) Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Indian vulture, Population, Breeding Success, Conservation, Habitat Loss, Threat

Abstract

Vultures are very efficient and powerful natural  scavengers in ecosystem, they usually feed upon  carcass of domestic and wild animals. India is a  home of nine specie of vultures they are very  sensitive towards changes in habitat and  climatic conditions. Vultures required large  territories, selective diet and unique habitats for  its survival. Vulture populations dramatically  and rapidly declined from last 30 years due to  acute and chronic renal failure and avian gout  disease. Major reasons of vulture declined due to  extensive use of veterinary drugs like diclofenac,  ketofenac, fluxin, carprofen and nimesulide for  treatment of domestic animals in various  diseases. Other factor also responsible for  vulture’s population declined due to habitat  destruction, lack of roosting and nesting habitat,  mortality due to electrocution and collision with  wind turbine, road killing and low reproductive  success rate responsible for its survival and  population decline. Male and female of Indian  vultures are morphologically similar in shape  and size. Vulture’s having slow breeding rate and  usually laid single egg per year or in every  breeding season. Vultures collectively feed upon  carrion and sometime inter & intra specific  competition observed at feeding and roosting  times. Indian vulture usually construct nest  upon rock cliffs and old historical monuments  area where cliffs are absent they generally  construct nest on large and old trees. GPS  tagging and satellite monitoring helpful for  finding daily, seasonal, local and global  migratory route of species. 

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Published

2021-06-15

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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2021): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology( Jan-Jun) 2021

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Eco-Biology, Threats and Conservation Problems of Indian Vulture in Southern Rajasthan, India . (2021). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 40(1), 45–56. https://doi.org/10.48165/