Wildlife Conservation California Condor 8-cent 1971 issue U.S. stamp.
Date 12 June 1971
Source U.S. Postal Service; National Postal Museum: 1971 Wildlife Conservation Issue
Author Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Designed by Stanley W. Galli.
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The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture, the largest North American land bird. This condor became extinct in the wild in 1987 (all remaining wild individuals were captured), but the species has been reintroduced to northern Arizona and southern Utah (including the Grand Canyon area and Zion National Park), the coastal mountains of central and southern California, and northern Baja California. Although other fossil members are known, it is the only surviving member of the genus Gymnogyps. |
