California Condor
Gymnogyps californianus(Shaw, G, 1797)
English (US) California Condor
The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cathartidae (New World Vultures) in the order Cathartiformes.
Range: formerly southern California; extinct in the wild, then reintroduced mainly into Pinnacles and Big Sur National Parks (central California), Los Padres and Sespe areas (southern California), San Pedro Martir (northern Baja California); and Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks areas (northern Arizona)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Gymnogyps californianus
- Order
- Cathartiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- California Condor
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1797)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Vultur californianus
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1797)
- Type locality
- coast of California.
- Original description
- The naturalist's miscellany 9, no.1 pl.301,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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