Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
(L26 WS 67" Wt 4 lb)
Country Inn
Panama City
15Oct2016
Does not have the excellent
sense of smell as Turkey Vultures.
Hotel Riande
Panama City
01Oct2016
© Gregory
Budney
Macaulay
Library
Coragyps in Greek means raven
vulture; atratus in Latin means
clothed in mourning i.e.,
black).
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
© Wikipedia