Birds
Andean condor
Vultur gryphusConservation statusVulnerable
DietOnly dead animals
LifespanUp to about 70 years
Size and weightWingspan about 3.2 m, 8-15 kg
A huge black bird of prey with a white feather collar. The male has a fleshy comb on its head.
White collar
What makes it specialIt hardly flaps its wings. One condor flew 170 km in five hours and flapped for only four seconds.
Surprising factWeighs about as much as a ten-year-old child. It appears on Ecuador's official coat of arms.
PopulationAbout 6,700 adults worldwide, and in Ecuador only about 90-150 in the wild.
Condor Park