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Black Vulture

(Coragyps atratus)

Species Fact Sheet

IUCN Red List StatusLeast ConcernSource: IUCN 2024
Laying and Chick-Rearing PeriodsIncubation: 38-39 days; Brooding: 1-2 weeksSource: Kavouriaris et al 2023

Bibliography

Borges-Ramírez et al 2024. “Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) feathers as bioindicators of exposure to metals and metalloids contamination in urban, semi-urban, and rural areas from Campeche state, Mexico” Environmental Research 247: 15 April 2024. https://www.sciencedirect.com...

Bromser-Kloeden 2024. "Vultural Differences: A Multispecies Ethnography of Black Vulture Predation on Cattle in Virginia" George Mason University PhD Thesis: Summer 2024. https://www.proquest.com...

Campbell 2014. “The impact of urbanization and agricultural development on vultures in El Salvador” Vulture News 66: July 2014. https://www.ajol.info...

Casto 1988. “Perceptions of Vultures by the Indians and Early Texans” Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 21. https://sora.unm.edu...

Darwin 1841. “The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, Part III: Birds” London: Smith Elder and Co. https://darwin-online.org.uk...

Ericson et al 2022. “A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture” Communications Biology 5: 23 August 2022. https://www.nature.com...

Gomez et al 2014. “Avian Pox in Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)” Vulture News 66: July 2014. https://www.ajol.info...

Hill et al 2023. “Urbanization influences spatiotemporal patterns of roost site selection by black vultures and turkey vultures” Urban Ecosystems 26: 14 April 2023. https://link.springer.com...

Johnson et al 2016. “Multi-locus phylogenetic inference among New World Vultures (Aves: Cathartidae)” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105: December 2016. https://www.sciencedirect.com...

Kavouriaris et al 2023. “Post-hatch Egg Laying by American Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)” Journal of Raptor Research 57(4): December 2023. https://meridian.allenpress.com...