California condor - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

California condor Temporal range: 2.5–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Pleistocene – Holocene
At San Diego Zoo, USA
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Cathartidae
Genus:	Gymnogyps
Species:	G. californianus
Binomial name
Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797)
Synonyms
Genus-level: Antillovultur Arredondo, 1971 Pseudogryphus Ridgway, 1874 Species-level: Vultur californianus Shaw, 1797

The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but has been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. It is the only surviving member of its genus.

In 1970 there were only a few dozen left. In 1987 there were only 10 left. Currently there are 400 individuals, with about 200 left in the wild and the others in captive breeding.

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