Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853 (New World vulture)

Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Synonym: Catharista Vieillot 1816

Parent taxon: Cathartidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Amadon 1977, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1909, Schultz and Howard 1935, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Breagyps, Cathartes, Cathartidarum, Cathartinae, Dryornis, Gymnogyps, Kuntur, Pliogyps, Sarcoramphus, Tapinopus, Vultur, Vulturinae

Subtaxa: Coragyps atratus Coragyps occidentalis Coragyps shastensis

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Type: Vultur urubu

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), Peru (2), United States (20: California, Florida, Georgia, New Mexico), Venezuela (1)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

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