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[corvidaemnit]

vulture fancam yaaay:3

you can also find it on my tiktok here if you want!

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[232/10,977] Andean Condor - Vultur gryphus

Order: Accipitriformes Family: Cathartidae (new world vultures)

Photo credit: Jorge Muñoz García via Macaulay Library

[spinus-pinus]

Andean Condor Vultur gryphus

5/6/2023 San Diego Zoo, California

I guess it was scratching its neck on the rock, but it made for some very funny photos!

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

how about an Andean Condor?

Photos thanks to Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo & Eduardo Quintanilla respectively.

[vintagewildlife]

Andean condor By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

[birds-of-prey-daily]

Andean Condor

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quick art dump, some of these are wips or unfinished pieces I quit

[chillychive]

TW Suicide, incorrect bird facts, bird death, simulated suicide treated seriously,

Something about Grian not being a parrot but an Andean Condor hybrid, a bird that loves so deeply that when it loses it’s mate, it flies as high as it can and then drops, plummeting off a cliff to it’s death. Something about Grian leaving his mate behind, bleeding in the sand, to leap off the peak of Monopoly Mountain. Knowing his wings are bound, knowing he cannot catch himself, leaping off the cliff. Because his instincts told him that life without his mate wasn’t worth it.

[shrowdly]

two wolves, a maned wolf, and an andean condor

[corvidaemnit]

andean condor fancam:3 one of my all time favorite birds!

you can watch it on tiktok here

[ottombak]

National animal of Colombia 🇨🇴

[spinus-pinus]

Andean Condor Vultur gryphus

2/13/2023 Tracy Aviary, Utah

This is Andy N. Condor, something of a local "celebrity" in Salt Lake City. He passed away 6 months after I took this photo, after spending all but one of his 64 years of life at Tracy Aviary. The aviary commissioned a bronze sculpture to be made of Andy, which I believe is still in progress and nearly finished. I am glad I was able to see him a few times before he passed away!

[vulturandes]

Un final al Fin del Mundo 🌍⛰️

🐧Spheniscus magellenicus 🐳 Eubalaena Australis 🦅 Vultur gryphus

[josharlington]

Andean condor bathing

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Animal of the Day!

Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)

(Photo by Jorge Garcia)

Conservation Status- Vulnerable

Habitat- Andes Mountains

Size (Weight/Length)- 15 kg; 1.3 m; 3 m wingspan

Diet- Carion

Cool Facts- Combining their weight and wingspan, the Andean condor is the world’s largest flying bird. Eating almost exclusively carrion, their stomach acid is strong enough to dissolve bones and diseases alike. Due to their massive size, these condors have a difficult time getting off the ground. Using strong winds, they launch themselves into the air and glide on currents. Using their 3 meter long wings, Andean condors only have to flap their wings once every half hour to stay aloft. Adult Andean condors are almost always found as a pair with their lifelong mate, laying only one egg every few years. In 1970, the Andean condor was placed into a breeding program due to  poisoning and persecution by farmers. Almost 10 years before the reintroduction of the California condor, the Andean condor spread their wings and were brought back into the native habitat where they still fly strong.

Rating- 13/10 (I have a soft spot for vultures of all kinds.)