Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Accipitriformes |
| Family | Cathartidae |
| Genus | Coragyps |
| Species | Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Florida
Counties
- Alabama
- Madison
- Florida
- Jackson
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2025.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5B Secure (breeding), N5N Secure (non-breeding)
Subnational ranks
- District of Columbia
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Texas
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Kentucky
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding), S3N Vulnerable (non-breeding)
- Mississippi
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Illinois
- S3 Vulnerable
- Alabama
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Rhode Island
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- S2 Imperiled
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- SNRB (breeding)
- Oklahoma
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New York
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S1B Critically Imperiled (breeding), S2N Imperiled (non-breeding)
- Arizona
- S1B Critically Imperiled (breeding), S3N Vulnerable (non-breeding)
- Indiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Jersey
- S5B Secure (breeding), S5N Secure (non-breeding)
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- West Virginia
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding), S4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- Lawson, K.M., Schotz, A.R., Jenkins, A.J., Armbruster, J.W., Black, C., Callahan, M., Goertzen, L., Hansen, C., Stephen, C.D.R., Werneke, D., Mendonca, M. & Molina, E. 2021. Planning level survey of Redstone Arsenal for at-risk species and ecologically significant communities. Environmental Management Division, U.S. Army Garrison, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. 402 pp.
How to cite this account
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2316. https://cavebiology.org/species/coragyps-atratus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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