California Condor Skeleton Mounted Replica

Description

California Condor Skeleton Mounted Replica (Gymnogyps californianus) Information

California condor skeleton mounted replica is articulated. Gymnogyps californianus is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from the Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA. specimen. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.

Size: Flying position 58″ wing span, 30″ (147 cm x 765 cm) from head to tail. Size: Standing position 25″ H x 22″ W (63.5 cm x 59 cm).

Important Production and Shipping Notice

This museum-quality replica is made to order. It requires additional time for casting. Please call our customer service team at 1-509-951-3557 to check current availability and turnaround times. Additional shipping charges may apply. Please contact our sales team for a personalized shipping quote to your location.

The adult California condor is a uniform black with the exception of large triangular patches or bands of white on the underside of the wings.

Gymnogyps californianus 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 juvenile is mostly a mottled dark brown with blackish coloration on the head. It has mottled gray instead of white on the underside of its flight feathers.

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.

Gymnogyps californianus skin color varies from yellowish to a glowing reddish-orange. They can make a few hissing or grunting sounds only heard when very close.

California condor’s have the largest wingspan of any North American bird. They are surpassed in both body length and weight only by the trumpeter swan and the introduced mute swan.

The American white pelican and whooping crane also have longer bodies than the condor. Condors are so large that they can be mistaken for a small, distant airplane, which possibly occurs more often than they are mistaken for other species of bird.

The middle toe of the California condor foot is greatly elongated, and the hind one is only slightly developed.

Scientific Classification

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Order: Cathartiformes
• Family: Cathartidae
• Genus: Gymnogyps
• Species: G. californianus
• Binomial name: Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797)
• Conservation status: Critically endandered (IUCN 3.1)

As the largest flying bird in North America, the California condor’s osteology features a massive wingspan and specialized skeletal adaptations for high-altitude soaring. Biologists study these 1:1 scale mounts to understand the biomechanics of this critically endangered scavenger. Expand your avian research collection with the African penguin skeleton, barn owl skeleton, and the dodo bird skeleton. Find more high-fidelity specimens available in our bird or aves replica store.