![]() | Black vulture is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | |||||||||
![]() | This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 24, 2017. | |||||||||
|
![]() | This article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() | This article refers to a taxon that doesn't have its type locality listed. If you can, please provide it. |
"tends to have a more southerly distribution than its compatriot, the Turkey Vulture" - I believe this is not true. Black Vultures do not live in Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego archipelago while Turkey Vultures do live there. 201.246.29.27 19:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure I saw five of these guys in Catonsville, Maryland. They definitely had the black or dark gray heads. We got pretty close to one of them, dragging some roadkill up a hill from the road. Could they be moving this far north or should I be looking at another variety? Matuszek ( talk) 01:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
They are in South Jersey as well. Why doesn't the author change the distribution based on these many northern observations? Mikalac53 ( talk) 20:48, 28 May 2017 (UTC)Norm53
Hello i might sound crazy saying this but i live in cold lake/ alberta/ canada and saw a huge black crow that i later discoverd as a american black vulture.. is that possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.151.240 ( talk) 22:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone ever heard of Black Vultures attacking and killing small animals such as rabbits, squirrels, and marmots? -- The High Fin Sperm Whale ( Talk • Contribs) 23:05, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on Black vulture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 19:50, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 3 external links on Black vulture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 11:15, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Black vulture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 17:50, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
"The black vulture also occasionally feeds on livestock or deer. It is the only species of New World vulture which preys on cattle. It occasionally harasses cows which are giving birth, but primarily preys on newborn calves....[nastiness]"
Considering the once widespread "factual" myths of ground squirrels, prairie dogs, ground hogs, and various predators and raptors (aka varmints) of damaging, killing or starving livestock, I'd like to see more than one "ranger" in one area as the basis for such potentially harmful information.
The "ranger"
Aldo Leopold famously acting on such info wiped out a wolf population in AZ, triggering a deer herd overpopulation and collapse with associated massive ecological damage. Such "facts" typically take generations to deflate, extra caution here seems prudent.
--
2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:4834:FDD1:7454:FDBA (
talk) 09:04, 17 October 2019 (UTC)Just Sayin'
Hi - I had added a video from Commons showing perching vultures; @ Peterwchen: replaced it with a photo of soaring vultures. I just restored the video, because I think these show different aspects of behavior and video can show movement in a way that stills cannot, but I also left the soaring picture. No desire to edit-war; I think there's a place for both. best, -- phoebe / ( talk to me) 16:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
![]() | Black vulture is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | |||||||||
![]() | This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on November 24, 2017. | |||||||||
|
![]() | This article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() | This article refers to a taxon that doesn't have its type locality listed. If you can, please provide it. |
"tends to have a more southerly distribution than its compatriot, the Turkey Vulture" - I believe this is not true. Black Vultures do not live in Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego archipelago while Turkey Vultures do live there. 201.246.29.27 19:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure I saw five of these guys in Catonsville, Maryland. They definitely had the black or dark gray heads. We got pretty close to one of them, dragging some roadkill up a hill from the road. Could they be moving this far north or should I be looking at another variety? Matuszek ( talk) 01:22, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
They are in South Jersey as well. Why doesn't the author change the distribution based on these many northern observations? Mikalac53 ( talk) 20:48, 28 May 2017 (UTC)Norm53
Hello i might sound crazy saying this but i live in cold lake/ alberta/ canada and saw a huge black crow that i later discoverd as a american black vulture.. is that possible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.178.151.240 ( talk) 22:02, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Has anyone ever heard of Black Vultures attacking and killing small animals such as rabbits, squirrels, and marmots? -- The High Fin Sperm Whale ( Talk • Contribs) 23:05, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 2 external links on Black vulture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 19:50, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified 3 external links on Black vulture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 11:15, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Black vulture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 5 June 2024).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 17:50, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
"The black vulture also occasionally feeds on livestock or deer. It is the only species of New World vulture which preys on cattle. It occasionally harasses cows which are giving birth, but primarily preys on newborn calves....[nastiness]"
Considering the once widespread "factual" myths of ground squirrels, prairie dogs, ground hogs, and various predators and raptors (aka varmints) of damaging, killing or starving livestock, I'd like to see more than one "ranger" in one area as the basis for such potentially harmful information.
The "ranger"
Aldo Leopold famously acting on such info wiped out a wolf population in AZ, triggering a deer herd overpopulation and collapse with associated massive ecological damage. Such "facts" typically take generations to deflate, extra caution here seems prudent.
--
2602:306:CFCE:1EE0:4834:FDD1:7454:FDBA (
talk) 09:04, 17 October 2019 (UTC)Just Sayin'
Hi - I had added a video from Commons showing perching vultures; @ Peterwchen: replaced it with a photo of soaring vultures. I just restored the video, because I think these show different aspects of behavior and video can show movement in a way that stills cannot, but I also left the soaring picture. No desire to edit-war; I think there's a place for both. best, -- phoebe / ( talk to me) 16:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)