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Photo: Arun Katiyar, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A bird sanctuary atop a hill. It is India's only vulture sanctuary with three vulture species: long-billed, Egyptian and white-backed vultures.
Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Karnataka India, aimed for the protection of vultures. Established in 2012, it is the first Vulture Sanctuary in India. Of the nine vulture species found in India, three species, long-billed, Egyptian and white-backed vultures are found here. In 2018, Indian government tagged an area of 1.30 meters to 1.80 km from the boundary of the sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ). The total area of the eco-sensitive zone is 7.08 km2 (2.7 sq mi).
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