Andean Condor - Exam 

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The body length is 120 cm, <br/>reaching a wingspan of 300 cm <br/>and a weight of around 12 kg.

One of the largest raptor <br/>species in the neotropics was<br/> been The Andean condor.

If the condor disappeared from Ecuador, we would lose our emblematic bird.

It is a scavenger bird par excellence, it feeds almost strictly on the remains of dead animals and mammal placentas.

Caution in feeding, check that no type of poison is found so as not to affect the Condor.

Avoid contamination in its habitat, do a regular cleaning in the habitat, avoid the approach of hunters.

Inform us of the species as it is of its feeding, care, how to treat it, and give it its correct attention, this is if it is found in a zoo.

It inhabits the coastal mountains and the Andes mountains of South America. This species has been located at altitudes of up to 5,500 m.

Habitat loss: The agriculture, urban expansion, and deforestation activities are destroyed the habitat of the condor.

Poisoning: have been increasing in South America. In 2018, at least 120 condors died from this cause in all Andean countries.

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