South American Condors
Vultur
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, the Andean condor is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight and wingspan. It has a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) exceeded only by the wingspans of four seabirds and water...
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Worksop Bestiary
Anonymous · 1185 · p.53
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.285
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.26
Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = : Hori Apollinis selecta hieroglyphica, sive sacrae notae Aegyptiorum, & insculptae imagines
Horapollo · 1597 · p.41
A Tour in Wales, MDCCLXX, Vol. 1
Thomas Pennant · n.d. · p.273
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.31
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.27
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.672
Garden of Health
1507 · p.547
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.934
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.379
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.789
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4746.