California Condor Gymnogyps californianus Scientific name definitions
- CR Critically Endangered
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Myra Finkelstein, Zeka Kuspa, Noel F. Snyder, and N. John Schmitt
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 2, 2015
Text last updated July 2, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | còndor de Califòrnia |
| Croatian | kalifornijski kondor |
| Czech | kondor kalifornský |
| Dutch | Californische Condor |
| English | California Condor |
| English (United States) | California Condor |
| Finnish | kaliforniankondori |
| French | Condor de Californie |
| French (France) | Condor de Californie |
| German | Kalifornienkondor |
| Greek | Κόνδορας της Καλιφόρνια |
| Icelandic | Klettahrævi |
| Japanese | カリフォルニアコンドル |
| Norwegian | kaliforniakondor |
| Polish | kondor kalifornijski |
| Russian | Калифорнийский кондор |
| Serbian | Kalifornijski kondor |
| Slovak | kondor veľkozobý |
| Spanish | Cóndor Californiano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Cóndor Californiano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cóndor californiano |
| Swedish | kalifornisk kondor |
| Turkish | Kaliforniya Kondoru |
| Ukrainian | Кондор каліфорнійський |
Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw, 1797)
PROTONYM:
Vultur californianus
Shaw, 1797. The naturalist's miscellany 9, pl.301,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
coast of California.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- GYMNOGYPS
- californiana / californianus / californica
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the California Condor.
