Kailali, June 28 -- rumped vulture fitted with a GPS tag in Nepal's Shuklaphanta National Park has flown around 520 kilometres and reached Maharana Pratap Sagar, also known as Pong Dam, in India's Himachal Pradesh, highlighting the species' extensive foraging range across borders.

The adult vulture, tagged in the Tarapur area of Shuklaphanta National Park on March 16, reached Pong Dam on March 18 after a transboundary flight passing through India's Jim Corbett National Park, conservation officials said.

According to Dilip Chand, project officer at Bird Conservation Nepal, the bird is still active and has been moving around forested areas near the reservoir in Himachal Pradesh.

"Since leaving Nepal, it has been roaming around the forest...