Birds of Mexico

    ACCIPITRIFORMES: Cathartidae (New World Vultures)  
Genus: Gymnogyps (1 species, 1 worldwide)


California Condor
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) Critically Endangered
 
   
Photograph by Chuck Szmurlo (Wikipedia User:Cszmurlo)     Copyright and usage info

Saved from the brink of extinction a few decades ago when all remaining birds were taken into captivity.


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