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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 ...
Big Sur California condor 204 (male, Amigo, head bowed) courts 646 (female, Kodama), while 470 (male, Fuego) looks on in a trio courtship. How to watch the condor release online.
The giant birds received treatment after 21 died in Arizona earlier this year.
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Meanwhile the California condor has a weight of 8–14 kg and wingspan of about 109 inches, or 2.77 meters. [3] California condors are North America's largest flying land birds. [ 3 ] Among all living flying birds, the Andean condor is the third heaviest after the Kori bustard and great bustard (up to 21 kg or 46 lb), and second only to the ...
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English: Skull of the California condor (YPM ORN 103017): Gymnogyps californianus Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Yale University; peabody.yale.edu.
A new method of rearing California condors at the Los Angeles Zoo has resulted in a record-breaking 17 chicks hatched this year.