Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793)
Cathartidae — New World Vultures
Black Vulture, Coragyps atratus, is a widespread breeding bird across North America, Middle America and South America. It belongs to the Cathartidae family of New World vultures and was described by Bechstein in 1793. The species is found from the north-eastern United States south through Peru, Central Chile and Uruguay, and it is common across Brazil. It is the only living member of Coragyps. Its plumage is black, with a featherless grey-black head and neck and a short hooked bill. It is a scavenger, and in human areas it also feeds at rubbish dumps.
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Cathartidae — New World Vultures
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America, South America: widespread
