Adult in flight (picture taken in California)
© Lee Barnes
  • Adult in flight (picture taken in California)

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California Condor

Gymnogyps californianus
Falconiformes
Cathartidae
  • Species of Concern

General Description

Large numbers of condors once came to the Columbia River to feast on salmon carcasses in fall spawning season. The last record is from 1897.