Andean condor

noun

plural Andean condors

: 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 : condor sense 1a

Andean condors, as their name suggests, live exclusively in the Andes. These members of the vulture family nest and roost as high up as 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) up in the mountains …

—Mark Carwardine

Examples of Andean condor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Today the reserve is home to 23 breeding pairs of red-fronted macaws, about 13 percent of the species’ total reproductive population, as well as 200 other bird species including Andean condors and peregrine falcons. — Brianna Randall, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026

As scavengers, Andean condors play a vital role in the ecosystem. — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026

This is also the habitat of the Andean condor, often seen gliding on thermal currents just above the canyon rim. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026

Less cute are the Andean condors that live on the cliffs near the Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope, which is also located on Cerro Pachón. — Harry Goldstein, IEEE Spectrum, 2 July 2025

Their subjects are mostly plants and animals—a hummingbird, an Andean condor, a spider—but geometric shapes and humanoid figures are also represented. — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Andean condor

• fonder
• launder
• mandir
• maunder
• ponder
• squander
• wander
• yonder
• responder
• transponder