Himalayan vulture

It is a terrestrial, sedentary scavenger of rocky habitats, with a geographic range of 3,859,000 km². It lays 1 egg per clutch and 1 clutch per year, with an incubation period of 57 days, and is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List.

Weight

9 kg – 11 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

2.9 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Scavengersrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

rockysrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

57 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Sedentarysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The himalayan vulture is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAccipitriformes
5. familyAccipitridae
6. genusGyps
7. SpeciesGyps himalayensis Hume, 1869

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Eurasian griffon vulture

Gyps fulvus

Accipitridae

CR, Critically Endangered

White-rumped vulture

Gyps bengalensis

Accipitridae

CR, Critically Endangered

Indian vulture

Gyps indicus

Accipitridae

CR, Critically Endangered

Rüppell's vulture

Gyps rueppelli

Accipitridae

CR, Critically Endangered

White-backed vulture

Gyps africanus

Accipitridae

VU, Vulnerable

Cape vulture

Gyps coprotheres

Accipitridae

CompareHimalayan vulture vs Eurasian griffon vultureHimalayan vulture vs White-rumped vultureHimalayan vulture vs Indian vultureHimalayan vulture vs Rüppell's vulture

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@misc{himalayan_vulture_2026,
  title = {Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-vulture},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}