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California condors lay just one egg a year—the lowest reproductive rate of any bird species. California condors can eat up to four pounds of food at a time.
Furthermore, what does a condor eat?
Condors consume carrion (dead animal carcasses). They prefer the carcasses of large dead animals like deer, cattle and sheep, as well as marine mammals that have washed up on the shore along the coastline. However, they are also known to eat the carcasses of smaller animals like squirrels and rabbits.
Hereof, is a condor an eagle?
Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua kuntur. They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) which inhabits the Andean mountains.
This magnificent bird was placed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 1973, and is in danger of becoming completely extinct in the near future. The primary factor in its demise is over hunting by humans that mistakenly believe Condors threaten their livestock.