Jodhpur, Oct. 3 -- A team of experts from the department of zoology at Adarsh College, Jaipur, have recorded a total of 2,788 vultures, representing seven different species across three districts in the Aravalli Range region - Udaipur, Sirohi, and Chittorgarh, over a period of three-and-a-half years. According to Narayan Lal Choudhary, an assistant professor at the college who led the research team, said that four species - Egyptian vultures, Indian vultures, White-rumped vultures and Red-headed vultures were identified as resident species whereas Cinereous vultures, Himalayan griffons, and Eurasian griffons were categorized as winter migrants. The Egyptian vulture was the most abundant species, accounting for 57.35% of the total, followed by the Himalayan Griffon at 18.26%, the Indian Vulture at 13.52%, and the Eurasian Griffon at 8.07%. The lowest populations were observed for the Cinereous Vulture at 0.65 percent and the Red-headed Vulture at 0.29 percent. The data show that the highest number of vultures was recorded in Udaipur district at 1,268, followed by Sirohi district at 788, and the lowest in Chittorgarh district at 732. These patterns suggest that Udaipur supports the highest vulture diversity and abundance, likely due to a combination of favorable habitat features, availability of nesting cliffs, and consistent food resources. In contrast, the lower species richness and absence of certain species in Sirohi could be attributed to ecological constraints such as habitat fragmentation, reduced carcass availability, or heightened human disturbance," said Chaudhary. "Such seasonal patterns align with earlier findings, which reported that climatic variations, seasonal livestock mortality, and habitat factors are major drivers of vulture population fluctuations," he added....