Species: Coragyps atratus, Black Vulture
Description: 4'6" wingspan; all black; head unfeathered and scaly; bill pale gray
Habitat: Fields, scrubs, dumps, farms
Range: Pennsylvania south to Florida, Gulf States, and southern Arizona
Food: Carcasses
Status:
Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, January 2004
Black vultures eating a crocodile carcass. Big Cypress Swamp, Florida, January 2004