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The black vulture is aggressive when feeding and may chase the slightly larger turkey vulture from carcasses. [49] The black vulture also occasionally feeds on livestock or deer. It is the only species of New World vulture which preys on cattle. It occasionally harasses cows giving birth, but primarily preys on newborn calves, lambs, and piglets.
Coragyps is a genus of New World vulture that contains the black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and two extinct relatives. The genus Coragyps was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the black vulture. [1] [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek korax meaning "raven" with gups meaning "vulture". [3]
The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carcasses.
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). [2] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.
King vulture: Cathartidae: Sarcoramphus papa (Linnaeus, 1758) 2 Andean condor: Cathartidae: Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758: 3 Black vulture: Cathartidae: Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) 4 Turkey vulture: Cathartidae: Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) 5 Lesser yellow-headed vulture: Cathartidae: Cathartes burrovianus Cassin, 1845: 6 Greater ...
Its typical habitat is the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. This article originally appeared on Record-Courier: Rare black-bellied whistling-duck spotted in Ohio. Here's where
The American black vulture and the king vulture appear in a variety of Maya hieroglyphs in Mayan codices. The king vulture is commonly represented, with its glyph being easily distinguishable by the knob on the bird's beak and by the concentric circles that represent the bird's eyes. [55]
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