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.
Population
Estimated population is 20,000,000 (2010).
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [XC438971]
by Paul Marvin from Reserva Natural Palmar\u00ed, Rio Javar\u00ed, AM, Brazil (call, wing noise)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [XC638591]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Bomboli (near Santo Domingo), Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de los Ts\u00e1chilas, Ecuador (alarm call, hatchling or nestling)
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.