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The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 when all remaining wild individuals were captured, but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of California, and northern Baja California ...
Colpocephalum californici, the California condor louse, [1] is an extinct species of chewing louse which parasitized the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus).In an example of coextinction, it became extinct when the remaining, Critically Endangered California condors were deloused and treated with pesticides during a captive breeding program.
Condor Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Holocene Andean condor soaring over southern Peru's Colca Canyon Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Accipitriformes Family: Cathartidae Genera Vultur Gymnogyps Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua kuntur ...
Federal wildlife officials have confirmed that an outbreak of avian influenza has killed 21 condors in Arizona and Utah since early March.
The California condor is critically endangered. It formerly ranged from Baja California to British Columbia, but by 1937 was restricted to California. [52] In 1987, all surviving birds were removed from the wild into a captive breeding program to ensure the species' survival. [52] In 2005, there were 127 Californian condors in the wild.
The giant birds received treatment after 21 died in Arizona earlier this year.
Purchased to protect dwindling California condor foraging and roosting habitat in 1985, the 14,097-acre (57.05 km 2) refuge is the site where the last wild female condor was trapped in 1986. The reintroduced condors feed and roost on the refuge. The refuge is an integral part of the Service's condor monitoring activities.
California condors are one of the most endangered bird species in the United States. They're considered "Critically Endangered," which is one step away from them being extinct in the wild. They ...