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What do they look
like?
These birds have a bumpy, brown head that doesn’t have
feathers on it. Their eyes are red and they have white,
fluffy feathers around their neck. Their bodies are
black and the middle of their wings is white. Their
feet and beaks are white. |
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How big are they?
The Andean Condor is about 43-51 inches long. Their wings spread
out to about 10 feet wide. |
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How many eggs do they
lay?
The female lays one white egg every two years. The eggs hatch
in about 2 months, a long time for incubation. |
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How long do the
fledglings stay in the nest?
They build nests in caves and on cliffs. The babies
(fledglings) start to fly in sixth months but stay with their
parents for two years. |
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When do they hunt?
They hunt during the day. (diurnal) |
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What do they eat?
They eat small to medium sized animals that are usually dead
already. Sometimes it sits and waits for sick animals to die. |
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Where do they live?
They live in South America in places like Bolivia, Chile,
Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. |
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What kind of place do
they like to live in?
These birds like to be high up in the mountains, on rocky
islands and in open grasslands. |
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Interesting facts:
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They may live to be fifty years old. |
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They have a bald head so that when they eat their prey,
their feathers don’t get all bloody. |
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Andean Condors don’t have a voice box so they don’t make
any sounds. |
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They fly very high and use the air currents to save
flying energy. |
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