Saving the Symbol of the Andes: A Range Wide Conservation Priority Setting Exercise for the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.B. Wallace ◽  
A. Reinaga ◽  
N. Piland ◽  
R. Piana ◽  
H. Vargas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Priority Setting ◽  
Conservation Priority ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus ◽  
Priority Setting Exercise

scholarly journals The reintroduction of the Andean condor into Colombia, South America: 1989–1991

Oryx ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Lieberman ◽  
Jose Vicente Rodriguez ◽  
Juan Manuel Paez ◽  
Jim Wiley
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Wild Population ◽  
California Department ◽  
The Andes ◽  
California Condor ◽  
The Us ◽  
Radio Transmitters ◽  
Gymnogyps Californianus ◽  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus

From 1989 to 1991,22 captive-reared Andean condors Vultur gryphus were released into three protected areas in the Andes of Colombia, South America. The goals of this reintroduction programme were to re-establish populations of these birds in protected habitat where the species had been extirpated, and to train local biologists in the conservation techniques necessary to recover their native condor. All birds were hatched, reared and released according to the protocols established by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game for the California condor Gymnogyps californianus. At the time of release, the birds ranged in age from 11 to 26 months. Each bird was fitted with individually numbered wing tags and wing-mounted radio transmitters. Of the 22 released animals, 19 currently survive – a substantial increase to the wild population in Colombia, which had been estimated by Colombian biologists to number only 20 individuals.

Defining Spatial Conservation Priorities For the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Wallace ◽  
Ariel Reinaga ◽  
Natalia Piland ◽  
Renzo Piana ◽  
F. Hernán Vargas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Priority Setting ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Population Connectivity ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Future ◽  
Northern Portion ◽  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus ◽  
Historical Range

ABSTRACT The Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is a culturally iconic wildlife symbol for the South American Andes, but is naturally found at very low population densities, and is increasingly threatened. Using the Range Wide Priority Setting methodology, we (a group of 38 Andean Condor experts) updated the Andean Condor historical range (3,230,061 km2), systematized 9998 Andean Condor distribution points across the range, and identified geographic areas for which there was expert knowledge (66%), including areas where Andean Condors no longer occur (7%), and geographic areas where condors are believed to range, but for which there was not expert knowledge about condor presence (34%). To prioritize conservation action into the future and identify existing Andean Condor population strongholds, we used expert knowledge to identify 21 of the most important areas for the conservation of the species (i.e., Andean Condor Conservation Units [ACCUs]) that cover 37% of the revised historical range, and range in size from 837 km2 to 298,951 km2. In general, ACCUs were relatively small in the northern portion of the range in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru, and significantly larger in the central and southern portion of the range in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, reflecting the reduced and narrower historical range in the northern portion of the range, as well as increased threats. Andean Condors can fly extremely long distances and so the populations of many neighboring ACCUs are probably still functionally connected, although this situation also underlines the need for integrated and large-scale conservation efforts for this species. As a function of the Range Wide Priority Setting results, we make recommendations to ensure population connectivity into the future and engage a wide range of actors in Andean Condor conservation efforts.

scholarly journals Global health trials methodological research agenda: results from a priority setting exercise

Trials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rosala-Hallas ◽  
Aneel Bhangu ◽  
Jane Blazeby ◽  
Louise Bowman ◽  
Mike Clarke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Priority Setting ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Methodological Research ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Priority Setting Exercise

scholarly journals Ectoparasitism of the feather chewing louse Colpocephalum trichosum on the Andean Condor Vultur gryphus

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 459-464
Author(s):  
Pablo Sebastián Padrón ◽  
Anahi Hidalgo ◽  
Nicole Ormaza ◽  
Sebastián Kohn ◽  
Fabricio Narvaez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chewing Louse ◽  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus

A note on the successful ‘splinting’ of a damaged Andean condor egg Vultur gryphus

1980 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEPH BELL ◽  
WILLIAM G. CONWAY ◽  
EMIL DOLENSEK
Keyword(s):  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus

Breeding Behavior of the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)

The Condor ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha A. Whitson ◽  
Paul D. Whitson
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Behavior ◽  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus

scholarly journals Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) in Ecuador: Geographic Distribution, Population Size and Extinction Risk

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e0151827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Naveda-Rodríguez ◽  
Félix Hernán Vargas ◽  
Sebastián Kohn ◽  
Galo Zapata-Ríos
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Extinction Risk ◽  
Andean Condor ◽  
Vultur Gryphus
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