[a. Brazilian (Tupi) urubú.] The black vulture Cathartes foetens or atrata, native to the southern United States and South America.
a. 1672. Willughby, Ornith. (1676), 68. The Brasil Vulture called Urubu.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl. App. s.v. Vultur, The Brasilian, white-legged vultur, called by some authors urubu and aura. In size it is equal to the common kite.
1834. H. M’Murtrie, Cuvier’s The Animal Kingdom, 119. The Urubu or carrion crow of the south.
1870. Gillmore, trans. Figuier’s Reptiles & Birds, 604. In these countries the Urubus perform the whole duty of cleansing the public streets from all kinds of filth and garbage.
1884. F. Whymper, in Girl’s Own Paper, 28 June, 613/1. Note … hard by, the sociable vulture,… the urubu of South America.
