La historia
This is a Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) that I photographed at PANACA in Quimbaya, Quindío, Colombia on June 15, 2017. It has a wingspan of about 1.5 meters but is small for a vulture. It is a scavenger that feeds on carrion and also eats eggs and small animals. It is the only living member of its genus, with black plumage and a featherless grayish-black head and neck. Quimbaya was founded in 1914 and became a municipality in 1922.
I photographed it with a Canon EOS 70D and the EF400mm f/5.6L USM, at 1/1600 sec, f/5.6, ISO 400. IUCN lists the Black Vulture as Least Concern, and every December 7 and 8 since 1982, Quimbaya’s neighborhoods have competed to light the town in the Candles and Lanterns Festival.
©2017 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) pertenece a la familia Cathartidae (New World Vultures) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025). Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
