American Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Category: Birds of Prey
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Cathartidae
- Genus
- Coragyps
Where to Find
Found in 9 mountain areas across 8 countries and 5 regions.
- Pardubice Region, Czech Republic - 3 records
- Shandong, China - 2 records
- Miyagi Prefecture, Japan - 4 records
- Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan - 1 records
- West Virginia, United States - 3 records
- Kainuu, Finland - 4 records
- Telemark, Norway - 4 records
- Norrbotten County, Sweden - 7 records
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France - 9 records