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The Andean condor is the only accepted living species of its genus, Vultur. [12] Unlike the California condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ), which is known from extensive fossil remains and some additional ones of congeners , the fossil record of the Andean condor recovered to date is scant.
The IUCN defines the Andean condor as a near threatened species, while the California condor is considered endangered despite recovery programs. [17] Human threats are currently the more dire to both species. Andean condors tend to be purposefully shot or poisoned because of prejudice or assumed connections between condors and eating cattle.
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.
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). [2] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.
Even as a Yurok tribe releases California condors on tribal lands, wind farms pose a new threat to the critically endangered species.
The California condor is a critically endangered species, with only 350 left “and a significant piece of that population lives in ground zero of where these fires have happened,” Corwin noted.
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 king vulture's closest living relative is the Andean condor, Vultur gryphus. [8] Some authors have even put these species in a separate subfamily from the other New World vultures, though most authors consider this subdivision unnecessary. [8] There are two theories on how the king vulture earned the "king" part of its common name.