David Pattyn / Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) eating from a dead fish washed up the beach, Puerto Lopez , Santa Elena Peninsula, Manabi Province, Ecuador, July

Melvin Grey / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) in heavy rain, Costa Rica. Medium repro only

Paul Hobson / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) with wings open in rain. Costa Rica.

Thomas Marent / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), Selva de Ventanas Natural Reserve, Colombia

Alex Hyde / Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) scavenging carcass of a Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus) on the banks of the Manu River, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

David Tipling / Griffon (Gyps fulvus) and Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) fighting over food Sierra San Pedro, Extremadura, Spain. December

Luke Massey / Portrait of a Black vulture (Coragyps atratus), Pantanal, Brazil.

Luke Massey / Jaguar (Panthera onca) male stalking Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) Pantanal, Brazil.

Luke Massey / Jaguar (Panthera onca) male playing with a Black vulture ((Coragyps atratus) chick Pantanal, Brazil.

Jeff Foott / Black vulture (Coragyps atratus) feeding on dead Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare) Cuiaba River, Pantanal Matogrossense National Park, Pantanal, Brazil.

Gavin Hellier / Black vultures (Coragyps atratus) soaring past the statue of the Cristo Redentor on Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2016. Hellier

Claudio Contreras / American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) eating Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) egg, Arribada (mass nesting event), Playa Morro Ayuta, Oaxaca state, southern Mexico.