Gymnogyps californianus - Earth.com
12-22-2016

Gymnogyps californianus

Gymnogyps californianus NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network. The California condor was described by English naturalist George Shaw in 1797 as Vultur californianus; Archibald Menzies collected the type specimen “from the coast of California” during the Vancouver expedition. It was originally classified in the same genus as the Andean condor (V. gryphus), but, due to the Andean condor’s slightly different markings.

ITIS Reports — Gymnogyps californianus ITIS (the Integrated Taxonomic Information System) is a source for authoritative taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world. The California condor is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987, but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah, the coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known, it is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps. The species is listed by the IUCN as critically endangered.

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Detailed information
Full Name: California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Where found: U.S.A. only, except where listed as an experimental population
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Birds
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 03/11/1967 California/Nevada Region (Region 8) U.S.A. only, except where listed as an experimental population
Experimental Population, Non-Essential 10/16/1996 Pacific Region (Region 1) U.S.A. (specific portions of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah)—see §17.84(j)
  • Population location: U.S.A. only, except where listed as an experimental population Listing status: Endangered
    • States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Arizona , California
    • US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: View All
    • USFWS Refuges in which this population is known to occur: Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge, Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
  • Population location: U.S.A. (specific portions of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah)—see §17.84(j) Listing status: Experimental Population, Non-Essential
    • States/US Territories in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: Arizona , Utah
    • US Counties in which this population is known to or is believed to occur: View All
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