Vultur gryphus

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Overview

While hunting, all vultures ride air currents , using their wings . The Andean Condor, with the longest wingspan of any bird of prey (more than 10') can fly higher, longer , and father searching for food.

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Windy deserts, mountains, foothills, and coasts.

Vegetation: puna grasslands, arid montane scrubs, arid lowland scrubs, southern temperate grasslands, coastal rocky beaches • Maximum Elevation: 5,000 meters • Foraging Strata: Aerial • Center of Abundance: Upper montaine: mountains, upper range, above 3,600 m. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Medium

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,093 meters (0 to 16,709 feet).[1]

Ecology: It is found principally over open grassland and alpine regions up to 5,000 m , descending to lowland desert regions in Chile and Peru3,4, and over southern-beech forests in Patagonia.

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List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.7     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     4.7     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.1     Desert - Hot   
  
•     12     Marine Intertidal   
  
•     12.1     Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline   
  
•     12.2     Marine Intertidal - Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars , Spits , Etc   
  
•     12.3     Marine Intertidal - Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches   
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Biology

Reproduction

Sexually mature at 6-8 years. Breeds once ever 2 years.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Vultur

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V. gryphus (Andean Condor)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2008. Vultur gryphus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8932
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175279
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2495134
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175279
• IUCN ID: 248829
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: B03Y
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133542

Footnotes

1. Mean = 692.110 meters (2,270.702 feet), Standard Deviation = 911.270 based on 96,993 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. BirdLife International 2008. Vultur gryphus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]

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