Black Vulture
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Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Overview

Arenal, Monteverde and Tortuguero are among the six atlas places where the Black Vulture is recorded, with records concentrating in the United States, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Mexico. The atlas holds about 2.3 million open records of the bird across 14 countries, and its map follows where these records gather.

Because it is recorded in both hemispheres, seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
2,296,424
Countries
14
Atlas places
6
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Black Vulture as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • United States
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1547470 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · high confidence · 273392 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Colombia
    25 km zone · high confidence · 86253 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · high confidence · 82885 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Mexico
    25 km zone · high confidence · 68799 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · high confidence · 51052 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Venezuela
    25 km zone · high confidence · 42508 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Belize
    25 km zone · high confidence · 40858 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · high confidence · 31901 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Peru
    25 km zone · high confidence · 22938 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Black Vulture