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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 ...
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.
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Captive breeding has been used to save several species from extinction, the most famous example being the California condor, a species that declined to less than thirty birds. In order to save the California condor the decision was made to take every individual left in the wild into captivity.
California condors struggle to make a comeback after a particularly deadly year in 2020. Here's what is happening. California condor population slowly comes back from one of its deadliest years
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.
Federal officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information about the fatal shooting of a California condor in Central California.. The giant, critically endangered bird was found dead in July ...