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	Condor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both condors are very large broad-winged soaring birds, the Andean Condor being 5 cm shorter (beak to tail) on average than the northern species, but larger in wingspan.
		The adult plumage is of a uniform fl, with the exception of a frill of white feathers nearly surrounding the base of the neck and, especially in the male, large patches or bands of white on the wings which do not appear until the completion of the first moulting.
		On the wing the movements of the condor, as it wheels in majestic circles, are remarkably graceful.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Condor (663 words)

	Andean Condor - Vultur gryphus
		Condors mate for life, they both take care of their chick, they don't kill animals, only eat their remains, and they look the way they do for very specialized reasons.
		Condors can soar to altitudes of 18,000 feet, and to keep their heads warm at that height they tuck them into a downy, white neck ruff.
		Andean condors roost on the face of a cliff, and use the thermal updraft of warm morning air to lift off.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /andean_condor.htm (474 words)

	Research & Resources: Species Profiles - Andean Condor
		The Andean condor is the national animal of Colombia and is one of the largest birds of prey in the world, weighing as much as 20 to 25 pounds.
		Andean condors are mostly fl with a fluffy white collar around their neck and white patches along their wings.
		Andean condors are scavengers and eat primarily carrion, or dead or decaying flesh.
	www.rainforest-alliance.org /resources/forest-facts/species-profiles/andean_condor.html?tr=y&auid=678391 (362 words)

	ANDEAN CONDOR (Qosqo, Cusco, Cuzco - Peru)
		Condor (Vultur gryphus) that belongs to the order of Falconiforms and to the Cathartidae family (New World Vultures) whose members are characterized by being fed almost exclusively with carrion.
		The Condor is fed especially with carrion and very sporadically could assault and kill recently born, injured, sick or exhausted animals; the Condor is neither ferocious nor an aggressive predator and has an astonishing capacity to resist hunger and thirst.
		The Condor is found mainly in the Andes from Venezuela and Colombia as far as Tierra del Fuego toward the south of Chile and Argentina.
	www.qosqo.com /qosqo/condor.htm (1113 words)

	Andean Condor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The condor's habitat is the entire range of the Andes Mountains, though it is usually found on the west coast of South America in Columbia, Chile, and Peru.
		The Andean condor’s cousin, the California condor, is extinct in the wild already.
		The Andean condor is an endangered species because of trigger-happy farmers and pesticide poisoning.
	www.k12.de.us /warner/andean.htm (326 words)

	Andean Condor Information
		Andean Condors live in groups of three or more consisting of an equal number of males, and related females and their offspring.
		The condor's ability to fly is related to the arrangement of the hollow bone structure that supports its huge body.
		Andean Condors, as well as all species of condors, have specialized "carnassial beaks -- with high sharp ridges that act as paper cutters".
	www.whozoo.org /Intro2000/lestjeff/tempagetwo.htm (568 words)

	California Condor Milestones
		On 10 October, captive-reared California condors "W64" and "W66", along with two Andean condors, were transported from the Los Angeles Zoo to the release facility at Arundell Cliffs in the Sespe Condor Sanctuary.
		The Condor Recovery Program, in cooperation with the captive-breeding facilities, initiated new rearing and release protocols including power pole aversion training for all release candidates and allowing captive-bred chicks to be reared by their parents for the first three months of their lives.
		The Refuge is adjacent to the Sespe Condor Sanctuary.
	www.fws.gov /hoppermountain/cacondor/milestone.html (3300 words)

	Andean Condor
		The male Andean Condor is one of the largest flying birds.
		Andean Condors may kill some living prey, whereas the California Condor never kills living prey.
		The Andean Condor is the only New World vulture to show differences between males and females.
	www.peregrinefund.org /Explore_Raptors/vultures/andcondr.html (263 words)

	150 Animals
		The Zoo's Andean condor is a 52-year old male and is the first of its species on record to be exhibited at the Kansas City Zoo.
		While this condor species only lives to be 50 years in the wild, it can live up to 80 in captivity.
		Condors suffer from poaching and a decrease in its main food source - guanaco and alpaca.
	www.kcmo.org /kc150.nsf/web/condor?opendocument (248 words)

	Gale Schools - Environment - Endangered Species - Condor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The wide range of the Andean and California condors occurred ten thousand years ago, as the last ice age was ending.
		In South America, Andean condor numbers were severely reduced, especially in Colombia and Venezuela, the northern-most portion of their range.
		Condors captured from the wild were taken to breeding facilities at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo.
	www.galeschools.com /environment/endangered/condor.htm (694 words)

	VULTURES and CONDORS
		It was slaughtered mainly due to the worry farmers had that it endangered their stock, though some people were simply feather collectors as the Andean Condor's quills are much valued by harpsichord makers or as cigarette holders.
		Andean Condors are highly secretive while nesting, but nest at heights ranging from sea level to over 4,000 metres.
		Andean Condors in captivity are encouraged to multiply by removing the eggs.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /vulture/andean.html (852 words)

	Condor rehabilitation project, conservation and protection in Ecuador.
		CONDOR HUASI is located in ‘La Rinconada of San Pedro’, in the property of Hacienda Zuleta, in the community of ‘La Rinconada’, parish of Angochagua, county of Ibarra, province of Imbabura, Ecuador, South America.
		CONDOR HUASI`s main objective is environmental education, which attempts to raise the level of consciousness of the children and the general population in the area on the importance of the conservation of wildlife and natural resources, with a focus on the conservation of ‘páramos’.
		The Condor’s food supply has also diminished in recent years, partly due to the decrease in the death rate of cattle (Condors are carrion eaters), which poses yet another threat to their survival.
	www.zuleta.com /html/condor.html (718 words)

	Condor - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Condor, common name for two species of large vultures, the Andean condor and the California condor.
		Condors are among the rarest birds in the...
		buzzard, condor, crow, jackdaw, lammergeier, magpie, marabou, raven, rook, vulture
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Condor.html (105 words)

	California Condor (Endangered Species), Wildlife Species Information: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
		Recognizing the California condor's perilous state, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the bird as an endangered species in 1967 (under a law that preceded the Endangered Species Act of 1973), meaning it was considered in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
		The Andean condor, a closely related species that inhabits areas in South America, had bred successfully in captivity and some captive-born birds have been released in the wild, giving biologists good reason to be optimistic about similar success for the California condor.
		One of the Andean condors died, from a collision with a power line, and the rest were later recaptured and returned to their native habitat in South America.
	www.fws.gov /species/species_accounts/bio_cond.html (1440 words)

	Condor
		Condors are among the rarest birds in the world, owing to loss of food supply, excessive shooting, lead poisoning, and other causes.
		The Andean Condor was once found in the Andes Mountains of South America from Venezuela to the islands of Tierra del Fuego in the Strait of Magellan.
		The Andean condor is classified as Vultur gryphus and the California condor as Gymnogyps californianus.
	members.fortunecity.com /phylcage/past/animals/condor.htm (948 words)

	SPECIES SPOTLIGHT: ANDEAN CONDOR
		The largest bird of prey, the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus), an endangered species, is one of the Aviary’s SSP birds.
		The Andean Condor is a sexually dimorphic species meaning that males and females have a different outward appearance.
		Also, condors, when successful, breed only every other year, which means their population doesn’t regenerate quickly to account for the loss of birds due to hunting.
	www.aviary.org /wlcm/pressroom_release.php?itemid=21 (308 words)

	Brandywine Zoo - Animals in the Zoo - Andean Condor
		The Andean Condor is found along the Andes mountain chain from Venezuela to the Strait of Magellan.
		Condors have a very low reproductive rate, producing at most one chick every two years.
		The Andean Condor is an endangered species, having been persecuted by farmers and pesticide poison for many years.
	www.brandywinezoo.org /andean.html (385 words)

	Ecology of Condors: the California Condor and Andean Condor
		Although the condors differ enough to be classified into two genera, they are more closely related to each other than to other birds (Sibley and Alquist 1990) and their ecology is similar.
		A study of Andean Condors in southern Chile found that condors soared most frequently when winds were moderate (25-48 km/hr), and soared least when winds were strong, i.e.
		For example, killing of condors for ceremonial purposes by indigenous human cultures (McMillan 1968; Snyder and Snyder 2000) may have increased since the Pleistocene, and this activity alone could have led to extirpation of condors from significant parts of their ranges.
	www.ecology.info /condors.htm (1760 words)

	Andean Condor may be viewed in Peru, Venezuela, or Ecuador.
		Andean Condor may be viewed in Peru, Venezuela, or Ecuador.
		Average weight of the Andean Condor is 25 pounds, with the male being slightly larger than the female.
		The Incas believed that every morning the Condor carried the sun up into the sky and at Machu Picchu a condor is engraved in a wall.
	www.lostworldadventures.com /specialinterest/birds/andeancondor.htm (520 words)

	Andean Condor - AVESCHILENAS enlaRed
		This was known in the old times of the colony, being used by peasants and muleteers to kill Condors, since they had the wrong idea that these birds were killing their animals.
		Other characteristic of Condor is its hooked bill, large and very strong, that permits to break the hard leather of animal as cows, guanacos and llamas, and to triturate its bones.
		Also is interesting the hierarchy concerning of condor's feeding: first eat the adult males, then the adult females and finally the youngers.
	www.avesdechile.cl /088en.htm (710 words)

	Term Paper on Andean Condor
		The carrion-eating Andean condor, the largest flying bird in the world, once clouded the skies from Venezuela to Patagonia along South Americaâs Andes Mountains.
		The Andean condor is considered âcritically imperilledâ in Northern Ecuador, where they live in habitat known as âparamoâ.
		The condor population in that area appears to be in decline cause of low reproductive rates.
	www.swiftpapers.com /essay/Andean_Condor-95912.html (176 words)

	The Living Edens "Patagonia" -- Teacher Resources: Soar Like a Condor
		The Andean condor is fl with some white on the wings.
		The range of the Andean condor is commonly found from Columbia down the Andes to the southern tip of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego.
		Andean condors live at altitudes of 10,000 to 16,000 feet.
	www.pbs.org /edens/patagonia/tcondor.htm (565 words)

	Condor
		To see a South American Condor gliding in to land on the face of a cliff is a splendid sight, as it soars gracefully on motionless wings, and at the right moment, drops its landing gear (its feet), brakes with its wings, raises and spreads its tail, and then lands.
		The fl, grey and white Andean Condor is usually about 1.3 m (4 ft.) long and has a wingspan of about 3 m (10 ft).
		The California Condor is the last descendant of a giant scavenger that lived during the Pleistocene Age (1 to 2 million years ago) in what is now the United States.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/condor.htm (230 words)

	Casa Mojanda - Condor
		Condor sightings are reported in the Zuleta valley and birds are seen around the Mojanda Lakes.
		Condors have never been as common in Ecuador as they are in the southern Andes, especially Chile and Peru where open land is more typical.
		Condor nests are found in caves among the steep cliffs in the paramos.
	www.casamojanda.com /condors.html (919 words)

	Peru's Andean Condors Are Rising Tourist Attraction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A gaggle of tourists crowd the Cruz del Condor, or Condor Cross, canyon overlook, hoping to snap a keepsake image of the majestic birds.
		Today, one of the best places to see the Andean condor is the semi-arid Colca Canyon, a marvel twice as deep as the Grand Canyon located about 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Arequipa, Peru's second largest city.
		Andean condors have faced persecution over the years from farmers who believed the birds posed a threat to their livestock.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/07/0722_040722_andeancondor.html (883 words)

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		The Andean Condor feeds mainly on carrion, and coastal residents often make meals of fish, dead sea lions and whales, and the eggs of cormorants and other seaside birds.
		The male Andean condors displays for his chosen female, standing across from her, and spreading his wings.
		The condor head was a symbol of a clan of special Incan governors, who believed themselves to be descended from the great condor, posessing its speed and power.
	www.vultures.homestead.com /Andean.html (489 words)

	Andean condor
		Thirty-nine Andean condors reared in North American facilities have been reintroduced into the wild in Columbia and Venezuela.
		These condors are endangered due to deforestation (loss of habitat), air pollution, water and food contamination (such as poison from lead shots in carcasses), reduction of food supply and most importantly hunting.
		The eyes of the Condor are often roasted and eaten to sharpen one's sight, and their feathers are often placed under sleeping blankets to ward off nightmares.
	www.akronzoo.org /learn/condor.asp (709 words)

	Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo - Andean Condor
		With an adult wingspan of 10-12 feet, weight of 20-30 pounds, and measuring 4 feet tall, Andean condors are the largest flying birds in the world.
		Andean condor feathers are glossy bluish fl and white with fl tips.
		Condors feed mostly on carrion (dead carcasses) or newborn animals and bird eggs.
	www.beardsleyzoo.org /teachers-parents/animal.asp?mc_id=123 (674 words)

	Andean Condor Facts - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Distribution and Habitat: The Andean Condor was once found in the Andes Mountains of South America from Venezuela to the islands of Tierra del Fuego in the Strait of Magellan.
		Thirty-nine Andean Condors reared in North American facilities have been reintroduced to the wild in Columbia and Venezuela.
		The work that preceded the attempt to breed California Condors in captivity, which has been very successful so far, was modeled on Andean Condors, from hand puppets that were used to feed the chicks through to the final release techniques.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-andeancondor.cfm (559 words)

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