Nephron vulture, believed to be extinct, among three species found Nearly 200 vultures fed on buffaloes carcasses Vulture population in forests picking up LONE RANGER: A White-Backed vulture in the Thengumarahada forest area in Sathyamangalam. CHENNAI: Glad tidings await wildlife enthusiasts. A good number of vultures were sighted in the Thengumarahada forest area of the Sathyamangalam Forest Division a couple of days ago. S. Chandrasekaran, Member, Bombay Natural History Society, said a postgraduate student of the AVC College, Mayiladuthurai, had gone to Thengumarahada to study about the vultures. A few days ago, when he was in the Masikoil area, the stench of a carcass attracted his attention. When he went closer, he was surprised to see nearly 200 vultures feeding on the carcasses of two feral buffaloes. The sighted vultures belonged to three different species