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Cathartiformes / Cathartidae / Gymnogyps

California Condor

Gymnogyps californianus

IUCN: Critically Endangered

Taxonomy

Order
Cathartiformes
Family
Cathartidae
Genus
Gymnogyps

Distribution

formerly southern California; extinct in the wild, then reintroduced mainly into Pinnacles and Big Sur National Parks (central California), Los Padres and Sespe areas (southern California), San Pedro Martir (northern Baja California); and Grand Canyon and Zion National Parks areas (northern Arizona)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.