Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore
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Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre, Pinjore, Haryana जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र, पिंजौर, हरियाणा |
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| Critically Endangered Bird Breeding Centre | |
Indian vulture in flight
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| Location in Haryana, India | |
| Coordinates: 30°46′7″N 76°57′19″E / 30.76861°N 76.95528°ECoordinates: 30°46′7″N 76°57′19″E / 30.76861°N 76.95528°E | |
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 India
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| State | Haryana |
| District | Hisar |
| Founded by | then Chief Minister of Harayana Om Prakash Chautala |
| Named for | Jatayu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Haryana |
| • Body | Forests Department, Haryana |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Website | www.haryanaforest.gov.in |
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| Indian vulture | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gyps |
| Species: | G. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
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Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Gyps indicus indicus |
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| Slender-billed vulture in Arunachal Pradesh, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gyps |
| Species: | G. tenuirostris |
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Gyps tenuirostris Hodgson (in Gray), 1844 |
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| Distribution range in blue | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gyps indicus tenuirostris |
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| White-backed vulture, adult. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gyps |
| Species: | G. africanus |
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Gyps africanus Salvadori, 1865 |
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| Himalayan vulture in Spiti Valley. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gyps |
| Species: | G. himalayensis |
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Gyps himalayensis Hume, 1869 |
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Gyps indicus indicus
Gyps indicus tenuirostris
Gyps indicus nudiceps
The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore (JCBC), (Hindi: जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र) is world's largest facility within Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures (गिध) in the State of Haryana, India, in Panchkula district in the town of Pinjore. It is run by the Forests Department, Haryana and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) with the help of British charity Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). It is located within the Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary 8 km away from Pinjore on Pinjor-Mallah Road, 30 km from Chandigarh, 20 km from Panchkula, 250 km from New Delhi, 10 km from Kalka and 20 km from Morni Hill station.
Asia's first vulture breeding facility JCBC was established in 2001, named after the mythical vulture Jatayu from the Hindu epic Ramayana, is a joint project of the Forests Department, Haryana and the Bombay Natural History Society. It covers 5 acres (2.0 ha), and its focus is the conservation, study, and breeding of critically endangered and threatened species of vultures on the IUCN Red List.
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