First Breeding Record of the Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Vermont

Cynthia M. Crowley¹, Kyle F. Tansley², and Neil J. Buckley^3,*

¹315 S. Prospect Street, Burlington, VT 05401. ²87 Little Eagle Bay, Burlington, VT 05408. ³Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh NY 12901. *Corresponding author.

Northeastern Naturalist, Volume 29, Issue 1 (2022): N1–N5

Abstract
We report the first breeding record of Coragyps atratus (Black Vulture) in Vermont. The birds nested in a dilapidated barn in downtown Burlington, and successfully reared a single chick despite the barn’s partial demolition shortly after the chick hatched. This record represents the northernmost breeding record in the US for the species, whose US range has extended steadily northwards in the past century.

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