''Coragyps'' is a genus of

New World vulture The New World vulture or condor family, Cathartidae, contains seven extant species in five genera. It includes five extant vultures and two extant condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas. The "New World" vultures were widespr ...

that contains the

black vulture The black vulture (''Coragyps atratus''), also known as the American black vulture, Mexican vulture, zopilote, urubu, or gallinazo, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the northeastern United States to Peru, Cen ...

''(Coragyps atratus)'' and two extinct relatives. One extinct species is the 'western' black vulture, ''

Coragyps occidentalis ''Coragyps occidentalis'', the Pleistocene black vulture, is an extinct species of New World vulture that lived throughout North and South America during the Pleistocene. It was formerly thought to be the ancestor to the modern black vulture ('' ...

'', a larger ancestral relative of the modern species which lived in

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and th ...

during much of the

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...

epoch; however, genetic evidence indicates that ''C. occidentalis'' may not be a true species of its own, as it is nested within the modern black vulture. The other is the Cuban black vulture, ''

Coragyps seductus ''Coragyps'' is a genus of New World vulture that contains the black vulture ''(Coragyps atratus)'' and two extinct relatives. One extinct species is the 'western' black vulture, '' Coragyps occidentalis'', a larger ancestral relative of the mo ...

'', known from the Pleistocene of

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribb ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14786570 Bird genera Bird genera with one living species Cathartidae