Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus(Bechstein, JM, 1793)
English (US) Black Vulture
The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cathartidae (New World Vultures) in the order Cathartiformes.
Range: southern and southeastern USA southward through Middle America to central Chile and Argentina (vagrant only to West Indies)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coragyps atratus
- Order
- Cathartiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Vulture
- Described by
- (Bechstein, JM, 1793)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Vultur atratus
- Described by
- (Bechstein, JM, 1793)
- Type locality
- St. John's River, Florida.
- Original description
- Johann Lathams allgemeine Uebersicht der Vögel aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen versehen 1 Anhang p.655
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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