Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay (B), USA (B), Venezuela.
Vagrant to Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico (B), St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 (2010).
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [XC587699]
by Santiago Varela from Zool\u00f3gico Municipal de Guarulhos, Guarulhos, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (alarm call, hatchling or nestling)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [XC495189]
by Dante Buzzetti from Matoury, La Lev\u00e9e, French Guiana (call, grunts, wing noise)
Subspecies
Affinities unclear. May be better considered monotypic, as validity of subspecies doubtful.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
atratus (Bechstein, 1783) - Southern USA and northern Mexico.
brasiliensis (Bonaparte, 1850) - Central America and northern and eastern South America.
foetens (Lichtenstein, 1817) - Western South America.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet