Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus

Black Vulture is the most common vulture south of the border, and quite common in the skies around Panama's Canopy Tower. They often come in to rest on the tall trees around the Tower, where I captured this bird, in September, 2004.  


A gruesome Black Vulture catching some rays.

Elsewhere on this site: Birds of Panama 1, 2004.

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