Kapilvastu, July 30 -- At least 75 nests of the critically endangered White-rumped vulture, locally known as Dangar Gidda, were spotted in Kapilvastu district in the last fiscal year, according to conservation officials at Bird Conservation Nepal.

The scavenging bird species were found nesting in various community and leasehold forests of Banganga and Buddhabhumi municipalities.

According to Krishna Prasad Bhusal, a vulture conservation official, various vulture species made 309 nests across the districts of Province 5, a major vulture habitat in the country, in the fiscal year 2018-19.

"We spotted 75 nests of the White-rumped vulture in Kapilvastu, 83 in Dang, 45 in Rupandehi, 24 in Palpa and 22 in Arghakhanchi," Bhusal said.

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