Animals / Bird

California condor

Gymnogyps californianus · Cathartidae

The California condor 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, the coastal mountains of California, and northern Baja California in Mexico. It is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps, although four extinct members of the genus are also known.

Where the California condor lives

Recorded in United States of America (North America).

Most records fall in California, Arizona and Utah.

See the California condor’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Critically endangered (CR). In very great danger of dying out in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 33,617 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.