Coragyps

Coragyps is a genus of New World vulture that contains the black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and two extinct relatives. 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. The other is the Cuban black vulture, , known from the Pleistocene of Cuba. rdf:langString