Black Vulture

Description:

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus brasiliensis in Panama Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Incertae sedis (disputed) Family: Cathartidae Genus: Coragyps Le Maout, 1853 Species: C. atratus Binomial name Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) Subspecies C. a. atratus Bechstein, 1793 North American Black Vulture C. a. foetens Lichtenstein, 1817 Andean Black Vulture C. a. brasiliensis Bonaparte, 1850 Southern American Black Vulture Approximate range/distribution map of the Black Vulture Synonyms Cathartidarum Winge, 1888 At hatching, the chicks are covered with buff-orange down. 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 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.