Editorial Type:
Article Category: Letter
| Online Publication Date: 12 Jul 2022
Cannibalism by Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)
Cannibalism by Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)
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Page Range: 498 – 500
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-22-29
Keywords: Black Vulture;
Coragyps atratus
; cannibalism; Cathartidae; conspecific scavenging; scavenger
Copyright: © 2022 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2022
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Figure 1.
Black Vultures feeding on a juvenile Black Vulture carcass at a daytime loafing site in Alachua County, Florida, 2021. (A) Adult Black Vulture consuming pieces of flesh from underwing of carcass. (B) Juvenile Black Vultures consuming pieces of flesh from carcass. Photo credit: Betsy A. Evans
Contributor Notes
1 Email address: Betsy.Evans@usda.gov
Associate Editor: James F. Dwyer
Received: 11 Feb 2022
Accepted: 11 Apr 2022