Coragyps

Taxonomy

The genus Coragyps was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the black vulture.

Etymology

The name combines the Ancient Greek korax meaning "raven" with gups meaning "vulture".

Fossil record

One extinct species is the 'western' black vulture, Coragyps occidentalis, a larger ancestral relative of the modern species which lived in North America during much of the Pleistocene epoch; however, genetic evidence indicates that C. occidentalis may not be a true species of its own, as it is nested within the modern black vulture.{{cite journal | access-date = November 3, 2007 | jstor =1364013 | access-date = November 3, 2007 | hdl-access =free The other is the Cuban black vulture, Coragyps seductus, known from the Pleistocene of Cuba.

References

References

1. Le Maout, Emmanuel. (1853). "Histoire naturelle des oiseaux: suivant a classification de M. Isidore Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, avec l'indication de leurs moeurs et de leurs rapports avec les arts, le commerce et l'agriculture". L. Curmer.
2. Gregory, Steven M.S.. (1998). "The correct citation of ''Coragyps'' (Cathartinae) and ''Ardeotis'' (Otididae)". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club.
3. Jobling, James A.. (2010). "The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names". Christopher Helm.
4. (2022-08-23). "A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture". Communications Biology.
5. Suárez, William. (May 22, 2020). "The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba". Zootaxa.