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.
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.
Red-headed vulture