New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
The black vulture (Coragyps atratus), also known as the American black vulture, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Peru, Central Chile and Uruguay in South America. Although a common and widespread species, it has a somewhat more restricted distribution than its compatriot, the turkey vulture, which breeds well into Canada and south to Tierra del Fuego. It is the only extant member of the
- Family
- New World Vultures
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Weight
- 1.9 kg
- Habitat
- Human Modified
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 26
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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