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Claim to fame: The black vulture could be called Missouri’s “other” vulture. When most people in the Ozarks think of vultures, they think of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura). Turkey vultures ...

Wikimedia Commons/Kevin Cole Turkey vultures are raptors, yet unlike the black vulture (Coragyps atratus), they do not appear to primarily use visual cues to locate their next meal.

How To Identify Black Vultures Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are large birds, about 23 to 27 inches tall with a wing spread up to 5 feet with white patches at the end of their wings. They’re ...

The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) is one of three species of new world vultures that inhabits the United States. This particular species is a common carrion feeding bird that resides in the ...

KATHMANDU — The “vulture restaurant” in southern Nepal received a new lone diner on July 12, leaving the people serving the food puzzled. An American black vulture (Coragyps atratus), a bird ...

Rangerbob 13 via Wikicommons under CC BY 4.0 The American black vulture (Coragyps atratus) are easy to spot with their dark, sooty plumage, bald black heads, and short tails.

These include, turkey vultures (Cathartes aura), black vultures (Coragyps atratus) and the distant conservation success icons, California condors (Gymnogyps californianus).

She was a black vulture, Coragyps atratus. She stood on a wooden perch, and seemed perfectly at ease in these unnatural surroundings. She was remarkably unlike my preconceptions of vultures.