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: a very large American vulture (Vultur gryphus) of the high Andes having the head and neck bare and the plumage dull black with a downy white neck ruff and white patches on the wings
called also Andean condor
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plural condors or condores
kən-ˈdȯr-ˌās 
: a coin (such as the centesimo of Chile) bearing the picture of a condor
: a coin (such as the centesimo of Chile) bearing the picture of a condor
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Beginning in 1997, Ventana has annually released condors into the wild, starting in Big Sur, then expanding to Pinnacles National Park in 2003, before the National Park Service started its own release program.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
When the door to their mountaintop enclosure was opened, one condor spread its wings and took flight as a crowd watched.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The condors were hatched and raised at the Oregon Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, part of an ongoing captive breeding program.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Next up are the Andean highlands and a stay at a 4,000-acre working ranch, with a hike through pre-Inca ruins to a condor conservation center.
—AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
When the door to their mountaintop enclosure was opened, one condor spread its wings and took flight as a crowd watched.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
The condors were hatched and raised at the Oregon Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, part of an ongoing captive breeding program.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Next up are the Andean highlands and a stay at a 4,000-acre working ranch, with a hike through pre-Inca ruins to a condor conservation center.
—AFAR Media, 14 July 2025
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“Condor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/condor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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: a very large South American vulture of the high Andes having the head and neck bare and the plumage dull black with a ring of white down behind the head
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