DigitEye India Fact Checkers
A video of a bird has been shared on Twitter and Facebook claiming that the bird was the revered mythological figure called Jatayu, and it was spotted at Chadayamangalam, Kerala.
In Ramayan, Jatayu (bird) tries to stop and fight Ravan, who abducted Ram’s wife Sita and took her on his plane to Lanka. On the way, when confronted by Jatayu, Ravan chopped off one of his wings and the fallen bird later informed Rama about Sita’s abduction. It is widely believed that Jatayu fell at Chadayamangalam in the Kollam district of Kerala.
The message named Chadayamangalam, giving it a wider reach among the users, as seen below:
Jadayu found at chadayamangalam, Kerala. The bird is in Ramayan also.
Please watch. pic.twitter.com/NOx55ijOPb— Senthil Andavan?? (@NatarajaMurthi) July 27, 2019
On Twitter, it was posted by a user Senthil Andavan on July 27 and has been seen by 18,800 Twitter users and retweeted over 387. On Facebook too, it was widely shared by many.
Similar messages were shared on WhatsApp,changing the name of the location as seen here:
Fact Check
Since the bird’s image is familiar to visitors of zoos and bird sanctuaries, Digiteye India took it up for fact-checking. In Google Reverse Image, the image of the bird matched with the bird condor and further search on Google threw up a video that was uploaded on YouTube in April 2014.
The bird in question was a condor, a species of vulture found in the Andes mountain range of South America. It was rescued from poisoning and freed on March 28, 2014 on the mountain of Catamarca in Argentina by local zoo officials, said the information on video. See the original video:
Claim: Jatayu found at chadayamangalam, Kerala. The bird is in Ramayana also.
Conclusion: The video was totally false and the bird in question was a condor, a species of vulture found in the Andes mountain range of South America.
Rating: Totally False — 
