Condor Watch Talk

Condor age?

  • Canmore1919 by Canmore1919

    What is the life expectancy for these condors. What is the oldest that you have recorded in the study so far?

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  • vjbakker by vjbakker scientist

    California condors are some of the longest lived birds -- they can live 60 years or more. The oldest condor currently free flying in the wild in California is #21, a male born in 1980. The oldest condor alive is #1, named Topa Topa. He was born in the wild in 1966 but is at the LA Zoo now. Because of the near extinction in the 1980s, we now have a young, rebuilding flock. Most birds are only 5 to 15 years old.

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