page_title: Red-headed vulture
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Red-headed vulture / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Individual at Ranthambhore National Park
context_page_description: The red-headed vulture, also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture, is an Old World vulture mainly found in the Indian subcontinent, with small disjunct populations in some parts of Southeast Asia.
context_section_description: This gaudy-faced vulture was historically abundant, range widely across the Indian subcontinent, and also eastwards to south-central and south-eastern Asia, extending from India to Singapore. Today the range of the red-headed vulture is localized primarily to northern India.  It is usually in open country and in cultivated and semi-desert areas. It is also found in deciduous forests and foothills and river valleys. It is usually found up to an altitude of 3000m from sea level.
caption: Individual at Ranthambore National Park