California Condor
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Ciconiiformes
Cathartidae
Gymnogyps
Gymnogyps californianus
The largest flying bird in North America, the California Condor is one of the most endangered birds in the world. Rarely flapping, except during takeoff and landing, it is... More »
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California Condor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) is a North American species of bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and the largest North American land bird. Currently, this condor i...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Condor
Get fun and interesting California condor facts in an easy-to-read style from the San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes. Buy tickets online and plan a visit to the Zoo or Wild Animal Park. Enjoy games, animal cams and videos, and online shopping. ... • The first California condor released into Baja California, Mexico as part of...
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California Condors reintroduction program by the Ventana Wildlife Society. Included are the latest in Condor's readaptation and rehabilitation in the wilds of Big Sur, California. Gymnogyps californianus ... This movie also shows the perils of the popularity of the California condor. As amazing as they are to watch,
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Notes and images of California Condors, updated from the Canadian Museum of Nature's Natural History Notebooks series. ... Home > Birds > California Condor...
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HABITAT: As recently as the early 1800s, the California Condor occupied mountains along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to northern Baja California. By the mid-twentieth century, the population declined to a small population in south-central California.
www.peregrinefund.org/Explore_Raptors/vultures/cacondor... www.peregrinefund.org/Explore_Raptors/vultures/cacondor.html
"Wind in Their Wings: The Condor Recovery Program" article featured in the May/June 2000 Endangered Species Bulletin. ... Learn about condors at the Ventana Wilderness Sanctuary, the first private non-profit organization in California to release condors.
www.fws.gov/endangered/i/B0G.html
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) ... By about 1900, the condor population plummeted and was limited to southern California, due to many factors including loss of habitat, a low reproductive rate, poisoning, and shooting. Today, designated refuges and captive breeding programs help protect and restore the species.
www.npca.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/condor.... www.npca.org/wildlife_protection/wildlife_facts/condor.html