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
First year

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,
  • kondor,
  • 康多兀鷲,

Voice song and cries

Condor des Andes
juvenile

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

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