🦅California condor
De Californische condor (Gymnogyps californianus) behoort tot de gieren van de Nieuwe Wereld (Cathartidae). De vogel was bijna uitgestorven, maar kon worden gered dankzij herintroductie met exemplaren die zich in gevangenschap hadden voortgeplant.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 8.44 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 45 years
Everything we know about the California condor
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass8.44 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 11 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.35 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.79 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.1 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan45 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation57 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelScavengerAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatShrublandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l8.4 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for California condor yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAccipitriformes
- ›familyCathartidae
- ›genusGymnogyps
- ›speciesGymnogyps californianus
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyCathartidae
- genusGymnogyps
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderHawks & eagles · Accipitriformes
- familyCathartidae
- genusGymnogyps
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