Its wings, which are white on top and brown on the bottom, can reach a span of up to 7.5 feet. Its mostly bald head helps the white-backed vulture regulate its body temperature during hot days and ...

Another white-backed tunnels into a nostril ... With bulging crops, the vultures settle their heads atop folded wings and slide their nictitating membranes shut. No more sound, no more fury.

CHENNAI: A one-year-old captive-bred, juvenile white-rumped vulture, has taken a 4,000-km ... has been resting its wings at an abandoned agricultural plot in Aranthangi for the past four days.