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Animal, 2013 Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) are often present near calving sites, and under this situation they may play a positive role by removing animal carcasses and afterbirth or a negative role by attacking neonate calves or disturbing cow–calf behaviours ...
L.M. Toledo +5 more
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Coragyps atratus subsp. foetens
, 2017 Coragyps atratus foetens Estancia La Marcela, (Jun.), 1 ♂ 2100 gr, 1 ♀ 1900 gr y 1 ej. 2075 gr (LGP). Comentarios. Solo existe un registro de peso de esta subespecie en nuestro país (Salvador, 2014).
Pagano, Luis G., Salvador, Sergio A.
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El Hornero, 2013 El estudio de la dieta de aves carroñeras es relevante porque estas especies cumplen un importante rol en la eliminación de cadáveres, reduciendo el desarrollo y exposición de patógenos sobre los tejidos cadavéricos.
Fernando Ballejo +1 more
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Association of Mycoplasma corogypsi and Polyarthritis in a Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Virginia [PDF]
Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2009 On 10 October 2007, a Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) was presented to the Wildlife Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, Virginia, USA, because of an inability to fly. Examination revealed multiple swollen, fluctuant joints. The bird suffered from lead toxicosis and had a prominent leukocytosis.
Mark G, Ruder +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Recent increases in turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) and black vulture (Coragyps atratus) populations in North America have been attributed in part to their success adapting to human-modified landscapes.
Jacob E. Hill +7 more
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, 2021 This communication includes the description of two nests at two different stages of the nestlings of Black Vulture Coragyps atratus on each side of the Ecuadorian Andes. We show the defensive behavior of nestlings in the face of human presence.
Dueñas, Manuel R., Varela, Santiago
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Regional Intravenous Anaesthesia (Bier's block) in Black-headed Vulture (Coragyps atratus) Submitted to Digit Amputation [PDF]
, 2022 Background: The Coragyps atratus flies long distances in search of food and has a marked behaviour of food competition. Since they are frequently found in areas of recent human occupation, they are subject to trauma, which may require surgical ...
Bono Fukushima, Fabiola +4 more
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Zoologia (Curitiba), 2013 The activity of vertebrates that feed on corpses can modify the chronology of the decomposition process and interfere with postmortem interval estimates.
Caroline Demo +3 more
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The status quo is imperiled: Acknowledging the issue of range‐shifting wildlife species
Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.Rapid climate and land‐use change are reshaping wildlife distributions, forcing managers to confront difficult decisions that challenge the traditional “status quo” approach. Range contractions of snow‐dependent species such as the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus; left photo) may increasingly require practitioners to recognize and plan for unavoidable ...
Brett A. DeGregorio, Leigh Anne Harden
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First record of death-feigning in Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Cathartidae) [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia, 2019 AbstractDeath-feigning is a behavior ability with the purpose of allowing prey to evade from predators. Despite death-feigning is recorded on a wide variety of bird species, it has been recorded only once in vultures, more specifically on a Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) nest.
Marjory Auad Spina +1 more
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