California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

About California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Vultures
• Family: New World Vultures

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. The species is listed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature as Critically Endangered, and similarly considered Critically Imperiled by NatureServe.