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)
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
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. details
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
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