WoRMS taxon details
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1783)
AphiaID: 159147
AphiaID: 159147
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Accipitriformes (Order) > Cathartidae (Family) > Coragyps (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Coragyps Le Maout, 1853 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details] basis of record: Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983 [details] basis of record: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details] basis of record: Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p. [details] additional source: Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications) To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 18 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Dimensions: Length: 25" (64 cm); Wingspan: 57" (145 cm) [details] Distribution: North America [details] Reproduction: Breeds north to Maryland, Ohio, and Indiana, and south to southern Argentina and Chile [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159147 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1783). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159147 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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