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  2. Juvenile condors are ready to be released in California. Here ...

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    The condors are being held in a pen ... and 41 of those birds are still alive and flying free. ... The fact that there are now an estimated 344 condors flying free globally — while just 22 birds ...

  3. California condor - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Andean condor - Wikipedia

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    The condors are kept in aviaries for three months prior to release, where they acclimatize to an environment similar to that which they will be released in. [69] Released condors are tracked by satellite in order to observe their movements and to monitor whether they are still alive.

  5. Condor - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Andean condor in rehab highlights conservation challenges - AOL

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    An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird.

  7. Condor found dead from gunshot wound in Central California ...

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    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 ...

  8. Sound test - Wikipedia

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    A sound test is a function built into the options screen of many video games. This function was originally meant to test whether the game's music and sounds would function correctly (hence the name), as well as giving the player the ability to compare samples played in Monaural , Stereophonic and later Surround sound.

  9. Talk:Condor - Wikipedia

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    Whether teratorns were related to condors at all is apparently debatable, but mentioning Gymnogyps specifically is unnecessary because Argentavis wasn't even a condor. It was confusing, since the text never bothered to mention that it belonged to a different family, it implies to the reader that it was a condor when it wasn't.