Andean Condor, Pichincha, EC imported from iNaturalist photo 362610650🦅

Photo: (c) Bill Levine, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

SpeciesAccipitriformesCathartidae
Birds

🦅Andean Condor

Vultur gryphus Linnaeus, 1758

安第斯神鷲(學名:Vultur gryphus;英語:Andean condor)又称康多兀鷲、安地斯禿鷹、南美神鷹、安地斯神鷹,是安第斯鹫属(Vultur)的唯一一种,屬於南美洲的一種新大陸鷲。牠們分佈在安地斯山脈及南美洲西部鄰近的太平洋海岸,是西半球最大的飛行鳥類。 安地斯神鷲是黑色的美洲鷲,頸部底環繞有一圈白色羽毛,兩翼上有很大的白斑,雄鷲则更為顯眼。頭部及頸部接近沒有羽毛,呈暗紅色,會因應情緒而變色。雄鷲頭上有一個暗紅色的肉冠。不像其他猛禽,安地斯神鷲的雄鷲體型較雌鷲大。 安地斯神鷲主要吃腐肉,喜歡如鹿或歐洲牛等大型動物的屍體。牠們5-6歲就達至性成熟,棲息在海拔3000-5000米的岩壁。每次會生1到2枚蛋。牠們是世界上最長壽的鳥類,可以活到100歲。 安地斯神鷲是阿根廷、玻利維亞、智利、哥倫比亞、厄瓜多爾及秘魯的國家象徵,且經常出現在南美洲的傳說及神話中。世界自然保護聯盟將牠們列為近危。牠們受到失去棲息地及二次中毒所威脅。在幾個國家已經有保育及飼養的計劃。

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/6th of your weight
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
11 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
79 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Andean Condor

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
11 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 11 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.36 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.79 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.1 m
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.13 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
79 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
56 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
1
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Scavenger
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Grassland
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
11 Laverage
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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 Andean Condor yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Closest relative on this site
🦅 Bald Eagle — last shared an ancestor ≈ 80 million years ago.
In other languages
コンドル (ja), Condor-dos-andes (pt), condor andí (ca), kondor andský (cs), Andeskondor (da), Andenkondor (de) … and 27 more languages

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