Black vulture
The black vulture (Coragyps atratus), also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family.
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| Coragyps atratus brasiliensis in Panama | |
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| Genus: | Coragyps Saint-Hilaire, 1853
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Its range is from the southeastern United States to Central Chile and Uruguay in South America. It is a common and widespread species, but less so than the turkey vulture, which breeds well into Canada and south to Tierra del Fuego. Despite the similar name and appearance, this species is unrelated to the Eurasian black vulture.
Black Vulture Media
106 Black Vulture or Carrion Crow
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C. occidentalis fossil
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Adult and juvenile, Hueston Woods State Park, Ohio
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Egg, Collection Museum Wiesbaden
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Coragyps atratus; Allen's Fresh, Charles Co., MD
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Black vultures observe a morning catch of fish in Puerto López*, Ecuador.
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Coragyps atratus, Florida
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Black Vulture -- Farallon, Panama
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C. a. brasiliensis, Copan, Honduras
A pair from Panama, in Soberania National Park
C. a. sunbathing in the morning and eating carrion, in Brazil