Key words: brodifacoum, secondary anticoagulant rodenticide toxicosis, blood transfusion, second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide, SGAR, vitamin [K.sub.1], raptor, avian,
Andean condor, Vultur gryphus
Endangered species include the yellow-eared parrot, at least two types of tanager, and the giant
Andean condor. Pimm's latest research shows the ranges of endemic avian species in Colombia are "between 50 and 90 percent" smaller than previously thought.
As if from the vantage point of a circling
Andean condor, the film glides in loops over Violeta's life.
He's the first
Andean Condor chick bred in Wales and it shows the "cycle" of life is working well.
In late 2010, she brought together federal and municipal government officials, nongovernmental organizations and private foundations to jointly work to secure land for a new national wildlife reserve that will help protect watersheds and rare bird species, including Ecuador's national bird, the
Andean condor.
The
Andean Condor is considered near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
While the occasional
Andean condor can be spotted soaring overhead, Andean geese, puna teal, and giant coots, or waders such as Wilson's phalaropes, Andean avocets, and puna plovers are commonly found in the lakes below.
New entertainment at this year's show will be the "Predators of the Sky" shows put on by Joe Krathwohl, the "Birdman of Las Vegas." Scheduled to appear with Krathwohl are an
Andean Condor, vulture, hawks, falcons, owls and other exotic birds.
Triky's pals include Ali, a mini Mideast chameleon; and Fly, an
Andean condor chick.
Appendix I includes rhinoceroses, lemurs, the tiger, the
Andean condor, Spix's macaw, sea turtles, the Galapagos tortoise, and the monkey-puzzle tree.
The
Andean Condor was kept at the Hancock Museum between 1886 and 1911 after arriving on Tyneside from Chile.
But now natural history experts want a stuffed
Andean Condor bird, which is in Newcastle's Hancock Museum, to have a plaque of its own.
While a majestic
Andean condor sweeps low over our heads, we scramble up a precipitous arroyo to a knife-edge ridge between two watersheds.
