thats the third Black one in 2 years and yes they are coyotes ..... i live in western PA we run them all winter ... we have hunted coyotes for almost 30 years ... we know what a coyote looks like ............... we shot 77 coyotes as of today but they are calling for snow sat. sun. mon. so maybe we will break 80 .. thats the most we have ever gottin in one year and two of them were black ... well thier under bellys my have a little white or grey but the guard hair is all black in the face it is pure black ... i will post more pictures of many more coyotes Black ones,Red ones, Siver color ones ... and blond ones !