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condors

  • plural
    of condor.
    condor
    noun
    either of two large, New World vultures of the family Cathartidae, Gymnogyps californianus California condor or Vultur gryphus Andean condor, the largest flying birds in the Western Hemisphere: the California condor is almost extinct; the Andean condor is greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.

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There are now more than 200 condors flying freely in the Golden State, including roughly 100 in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

By 1982, there were only 22 condors left in the world.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

The Tule River acquisition restores some of the tribe’s sacred homeland, and will enable a host of conservation projects, including protecting the Deer Creek watershed, protecting habitat for California condors and reintroducing tule elk.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2025

There were only 22 California condors left on Earth when the California Condor Recovery Program started four decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

For example, the San Diego and Los Angeles zoos are now subjecting the last surviving California condors to a more draconian control of breeding than that imposed upon any domesticated species.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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