Watch: BNHS tagged Indian vulture spotted in Kothagudem

The society has been monitoring the movements of the bird. It was said that the bird stopped transmitting on September 30 and forest officials were informed about the bird's movements.

Kothagudem: An Indian vulture or long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) has been sighted at a hillock at Eklavya Model Residential School in Cherla mandal a couple of days ago.

The bird native to the Indian subcontinent is an Old World vulture belonging to the family of Accipitridae, which has been categorised as critically endangered. The local labourers who spotted the bird caught it and fed chicken to it as the bird was found to be weak. Later they released the bird.

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According to a Hyderabad based bird watcher Sriram Reddy the bird was radio tagged bearing number XX71 by Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) in Pench Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra on August 10 as part of their research activity.

The society has been monitoring the movements of the bird. It was said that the bird stopped transmitting on September 30 and forest officials were informed about the bird’s movements. When contacted Cherla FRO Dwalia told Telangana Today that the labourers, who caught the bird, have not informed the forest department about the bird’s movements.

Bhadrachalam FDO Sujatha informed that they have received information about the movements in Cherla area and staff was trying to spot the bird. According to her, on Wednesday at 5.54 pm its location was traced to Ricepet village near Taliperu river in Cherla mandal.