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Black Vulture

Overview
ID Info
Life History
Maps
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Black Vulture Sounds

Overview
ID info
Life History
Maps
Sounds

Calls
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Florida, December 07, 2009Recorded by Bob McGuire | Macaulay Library
Calls and wing sound
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Oklahoma, October 12, 1989Recorded by William Evans | Macaulay Library
Juvenile hiss
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Puntarenas, February 02, 1988Recorded by David L. Ross, Jr. | Macaulay Library

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Calls

Black Vultures are silent most of the time. They make raspy, drawn-out hissing sounds while feeding and fighting, along with grunting noises that can sound like hungry pigs or dogs barking in the distance. Courting vultures may give a yapping sound. Nestlings give low hisses or coughs to beg for food, and adults at the nest sometimes give creaky, pigeonlike coos.

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New World Vultures(Order: Cathartiformes, Family:Cathartidae)

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