What is California condor?
{{speciesbox | name = California condor | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|2.5|0}}<small>Early [[Pleistocene]] – [[Holocene]]</small> | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{IUCN|id=22697636 |title=''Gymnogyps californianus'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2013 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | image = Gymnogyps californianus -San Diego Zoo-8a.jpg | image_upright = 1.2 | image_caption = At [[San Diego Zoo]], USA | genus = Gymnogyps | species = californianus | authority = ([[George Shaw|Shaw]], 1797) | synonyms = Genus-level: *''Antillovultur'' {{taxobox authority|author=Arredondo|date = 1971}} *''Pseudogryphus'' {{taxobox authority|author= [[Robert Ridgway|Ridgway]]|date = 1874}} Species-level: *''Vultur californianus'' {{taxobox authority|author=Shaw|date = 1797}} | range_map = Gymnogyps californianus.svg | range_map_upright = 1.2 }} The '''California condor''' (''Gymnogyps californianus''), is a [[New World vulture]], the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but 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]]. It is the only surviving member of its [[genus]]. In 1970 there were only a few dozen left. In 1987 there were only 10 left. Currently there are 400 individuals, with about 200 left in the wild and the others in captive breeding. ==References== {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Birds of North America]] [[Category:Vultures]] [[Category:Cathartidae]]