coragyps atratus

1. 1.

   American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

   Synonymsblack vulturecarrion crow

   BroaderNew World vulture

   Part ofCoragyps

Questions about coragyps atratus

What does coragyps atratus mean?

coragyps atratus means "American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard".

What is another word for coragyps atratus?

Close synonyms include black vulture, carrion crow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coragyps atratus a common word?

coragyps atratus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.