Serial packed cell volume (PCV) and total solids (TS) by day in a captive
Andean condor with brodifacoum rodenticide toxicosis.
Working with Sergio Lambertucci from the National University of Comahue, she will be fitting
Andean condors with custom-made data loggers in order to map their flight paths.
The
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is the largest of all flying birds, and weighs up to 24-53 lb (11-12 kg).
The Incas believed that
Andean condors flew the sun into the sky every morning and served as messengers to the gods.
Natural history experts want a stuffed
Andean Condor bird, in Newcastle's Hancock Museum, to have its own plaque.
Along with a number of other animal species, the huillin, an endangered river otter (Lutra provocax), will be adversely affected, as will the heraldic huemul, the endangered endemic deer species (Hippocamelus bisulcus) of the Southern Andes, which accompanies the
Andean condor on the Chilean national shield.
We watched the flight of the eagles - a stunning display from birds of prey including sea eagles, a vulture and Rosie the
Andean condor soar above the castle ramparts.
"We're going to the rainforest for two weeks in May to spend time with tribes and different cultures, and to look for bugs, endangered animals and birds like the
Andean Condor which is really at risk.
But although their 2008 list features such exotic delights as the
Andean condor and the Choco toucan, it doesn't include the robin or blackbird.
Four
Andean condors recently returned to South America as part of a successful international collaborative program that reintroduces the endangered
Andean condor to its native home range in Colombia.
The home of the
Andean condor and the pudu (the world's smallest deer) is now safe from the timber companies that had hoped to log the alerce.