Definition of Coragyps atratus

1. Noun. American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard.

Exact synonyms: Black Vulture, Carrion Crow
Generic synonyms: Cathartid, New World Vulture
Group relationships: Coragyps, Genus Coragyps

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coragyps Atratus

Copt
Coptic
Coptic Church
Coptis
Coptis groenlandica
Coptis trifolia groenlandica
Copts
Cor.
Cor Caroli
Cora
Coracias
Coracias garrulus
Coraciidae
Coraciiformes
Coragyps
Coragyps atratus
Coral
Coral Sea
Coral Springs
Coralie
Corallorhiza
Corallorhiza maculata
Corallorhiza striata
Corallorhiza trifida
Coran
Corbett
Corbin
Corbusian
Corbusierian
Corchorus

Literary usage of Coragyps atratus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"... Ictinia); one Caracara (Polyborus); one big Vulture (Sarcoramphus californianus); and two other Vultures (Cathartes aura and coragyps atratus); ..."

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