black vulture

A Eurasian Black Vulture

English

Noun

black vulture (plural black vultures)

1. (zoology) An American vulture species, Coragyps atratus, with black plumage.
2. A north African and Eurasian vulture species, Aegypius monachus.

Synonyms

• (Coragyps atratus) American black vulture, black buzzard
• (Aegypius monachus) Eurasian black vulture, monk vulture, cinereous vulture

Translations

Coragyps atratus

• Catalan: zopilot (ca) m, urubú (ca) m
• Danish: ravnegrib (da) c
• Dutch: monniksgier (nl) m
• Finnish: mustakondori (fi)

• French: vautour moine m
• German: Rabengeier (de) m
• Navajo: jeeshóóʼ łizhinígíí

Aegypius monachus — see Eurasian black vulture

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Translations to be checked

• Korean: 독수리 (doksuri)

• Spanish: buitre negro m
• Spanish: cuervo de cabeza negra m (Uruguay), gallinazo m (Colombia), gallinazo de cabeza negra m (Ecuador, Peru), gallinazo negro m (Panama), guaraguao m (Northeastern Venezuela), jote (Bolivia), jote de cabeza negra m (Argentina, Chile), sucha f (Bolivia), zamuro m (Venezuelan standard usage), zope m (El Salvador, Guatemala), zopilote m (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua)

See also

• American Black Vulture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:American Black Vulture
• Coragyps atratus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Coragyps atratus
• Coragyps atratus on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Coragyps atratus
• Eurasian Black Vulture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Eurasian Black Vulture
• Aegypius monachus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Aegypius monachus
• Aegypius monachus on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Aegypius monachus