California Condor Disarticulated Skeleton

$960.00

The California Condor, once near extinction, is now recovering due to captive breeding and release programs. This large bird has a wingspan reaching over 9 feet. Condors, like most vultures, are scavengers with a diet consisting almost exclusively of carrion.

Description

California Condor Disarticulated Skeleton Replica measures  25″ H x 22″ W inches. California Condor Disarticulated Skeleton Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. Made in USA. Polyurethane cast from the original specimen of Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. Our precise skeleton can be used as a teaching tool, museum bird skeleton exhibit, home décor skeleton, or office décor skeleton.

The adult California condor or Gymnogyps californianus is a uniform black with the exception of large triangular patches or bands of white on the underside of the wings. It has gray legs and feet, an ivory-colored bill, a frill of black feathers surrounding the base of the neck, and brownish red eyes.

The Condor’s head and neck have few feathers, and the skin of the head and neck is capable of flushing noticeably in response to emotional state, a capability that can serve as communication between individuals.

The California condor or Gymnogyps californianus is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. It became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but has since been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), 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.

Its 9.8 ft. wingspan is the widest of any North American bird, and its weight of up to 26 lbs. nearly equals that of the trumpeter swan, the heaviest among native North American bird species.

The California condor or Gymnogyps californianus is a scavenger and eats large amounts of carrion. It is one of the world’s longest-living birds, with a lifespan of up to 60 years.

The middle toe of the California condor or Gymnogyps californianus foot is greatly elongated, and the hind one is only slightly developed. The talons of all the toes are straight and blunt, and are thus more adapted to walking than gripping.

This is more similar to their supposed relatives the storks than to birds of prey and Old World vultures, which use their feet as weapons or organs of prehension.

California Condor Facts:

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Gymnogyps
Species: G. californianus
Binomial name: Gymnogyps californianus
Conservation status: Critically Endangered

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Additional information

Weight 9 lbs
Dimensions 22 × 25 in