California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) Artist Creator:Jean Gabriel Pretre
Description
Catharista californiana
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Temminck pl. col. 31
Old Latin name Catharista californiana
New Latin name Gymnogyps californianus
Common name Nederlands: Californische condor
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The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but the species has been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known, it is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps.