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Currently the total California condor population is estimated at 300 individuals. This includes 145 in captivity and 155 in the wild population.
The condor population in California currently occurs from Mariposa, Fresno, and Alameda counties south through San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Kern and Tulare Counties.
29 maj 2024 · The population of California Condors have slowly been rising, after a sharp decline from the 1930s- early 1980s to a population of 22. Since 1983, through captive-breeding and reintroduction practices, the condor species has been making a come-back.
20 maj 2000 · chapter 1, on "perspectives," summarizes the species' natural history and compares it with that of the Andean Condor and several Old World vultures. Chapter 2 provides an excellent account of the ceremonial and other uses made of California and Andean Condors by native peoples within their ranges.
In this document we report our findings. The California Condor is by far the largest soaring bird in North America, with a wingspan of 2.8 m and body weight of 8.5 kg (Snyder and Schmitt 2002).
Gymnogyps californianus
18 kwi 2023 · Graph showing the increase in California condors from 1980 to 2022. There are condors both living in the wild and in captivity, which make up the population today. In 2022, there were 561 condors with 347 in the wild and 214 in captivity.
