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Coragyps atratus · Family Cathartidae
Coragyps atratus
Family Cathartidae
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Cathartidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,469,931
- Countries and territories with records
- 38
About this species
This species has 6,469,931 occurrence records from 38 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (60.4%), Costa Rica (6.7%), Colombia (6.4%), Brazil (5.4%) and Mexico (4.3%); together they account for 83.3% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.35% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Coragyps atratus combines the genus name Coragyps with the species epithet atratus. It is the only species of the genus Coragyps in the Warbla app catalog.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 6 species of the family Cathartidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cathartes aura. Its record count is 1.6 times the family average (4,092,144). The family Cathartidae belongs to the order Accipitriformes, which has 213 species in the Warbla app catalog.