Andean Condor

Vultur gryphus - Condor des Andes

Condor des Andes
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Accipitriformes

  • Family
    :

    Cathartidés

  • Genus
    :

    Vultur

  • Species
    :

    gryphus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 130 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 260 à 320 cm.
  • Weight
    : 9000 à 12000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Condor des Andes
♂ adult
Condor des Andes
juvenile

Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is a species of bird in the Cathartidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Condor des Andes,
  • Cóndor andino,
  • condor-dos-andes,
  • Andenkondor,
  • andoki kondor,
  • Andescondor,
  • Condor delle Ande,
  • kondor,
  • Andeskondor,
  • kondor veľký,
  • kondor andský,
  • Andeskondor,
  • andienkondori,
  • còndor dels Andes,
  • kondor wielki,
  • Андский кондор,
  • コンドル,
  • 安第斯神鹫,
  • 康多兀鷲,

Voice song and cries

Condor des Andes
First year

Habitat

Condor des Andes
adult

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Desert : Hot ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 12-10-2010
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