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The Andean condor is found in South America in the Andes and the Santa Marta Mountains. In the north, its range begins in Venezuela and Colombia, where it is extremely rare, [35] then continues south along the Andes in Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, through Bolivia and western Argentina to the Tierra del Fuego. [27]
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 ...
The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. Three species ...
The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. Six species have ...
Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. Six species have been recorded in Peru. King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa; Andean condor, Vultur gryphus; Black vulture, Coragyps atratus
However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa; Andean condor, Vultur gryphus; Black vulture, Coragyps atratus; Turkey vulture, Cathartes aura; Lesser yellow-headed vulture, Cathartes burrovianus
A bear was seen playing with an “irresistibly floaty log” as she swam in a pool at Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona, recently.The zoo shared this video on July 4 that shows Oja the Andean bear ...
Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. Six species have been recorded in Ecuador. King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa; Andean condor, Vultur gryphus; Black vulture, Coragyps atratus