Andean condor
Amazing fact
After eating, an Andean condor rubs its head and neck on the ground to remove food scraps.
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After eating, an Andean condor rubs its head and neck on the ground to remove food scraps.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Andean condor
- Scientific name
- Vultur gryphus
- Japanese name
- コンドル
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Cathartidae
- Genus
- Vultur
A bird of the Andes mountains in South America, and a very large one even among birds that fly.
Its head and neck have no feathers. This is thought to help it stay clean, because blood and meat do not stick easily when it eats dead animals.
It mainly eats dead animals. It flies over wide areas and searches for food by sight from high in the sky.
How the Andean condor lives
It is active by day and spends much of its time soaring. It rides rising warm air and soars with very little flapping. It rests with other condors on ledges and shelves.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebSan Diego ZooBasic data
- Size
- Total length: about 1.1 mWingspan: about 3.2 m上野動物園
- Weight
- 7.7–15 kg上野動物園
- Lifespan
- up to 80 years in captivityUniversity of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Active
- By day (diurnal)University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web
- Diet
- Meat and bones of animal carcasses上野動物園
- Range
- South America上野動物園
Where the Andean condor has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- コンドル
- 简体中文
- 安地斯神鹰
- 繁體中文
- 安地斯神鷹
- 한국어
- 안데스콘도르
- Español
- Cóndor
- Français
- Condor des Andes
- Deutsch
- Andenkondor
- Português (Brasil)
- Condor-dos-andes
- Italiano
- Condor delle Ande
- العربية
- كندور الأنديز
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Kondor Andes
- Tiếng Việt
- Thần ưng Andes
- Русский
- Андский кондор
- Türkçe
- And kondoru
- বাংলা
- আন্দিজের কন্ডর
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 上野動物園 — コンドルChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Vultur gryphusChecked: 2026-11-03
- San Diego Zoo — Andean CondorChecked: 2026-11-05
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Andean condor, look for this
- Look for the white feathers around the base of an adult’s neck.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebEXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Andean condor
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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