condor

 

common name for certain American vultures, found in the high peaks of the Andes of South America and the Coast Range of S California. Condors are the largest of the living birds, nearly 50 in. (125 cm) long with a wingspread of from 9 to 10 ft (274–300 cm). Voracious eaters, they prefer carrion but will attack living animals as large as deer. Two eggs are laid in a sketchy cliff nest of twigs; the young are unable to fly until they are about a year old. The Andean condor, Vultur gryphus, has black plumage with white wing patches and a white neck ruff. The lead-colored head and neck are bare; the male has a comb and wattles. The rare California condor, or California vulture, Gymnogyps californianus, is all black with white wing bands. Condors, particularly the California species (which has only recently been reintroduced into the wild), are extremely rare and on the verge of extinction. Forming long-term pair bonds, the California condor only lays one egg and does not breed until at least six years old. Condors are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Falconiformes, family Cathartidae.

Condor may refer to:

• Condor, a bird belonging to the New World vultures
  • Vultur gryphus (Vultur) the Andean condor
  • Gymnogyps californianus (Gymnogyps), the California condor

Aircraft:

• ADI Condor, an American motor glider
• AGM-53 Condor, an American air-to-surface missile
• Antonov An-124, a Russian/Soviet transport aircraft (NATO reporting name "Condor")
• C-30 Condor, an American transport
• Focke-Wulf Fw 200, a German aircraft used for long range maritime patrol and reconnaissance during World War II

Airlines:

• Condor Airlines, a German airline
• Aero Condor Peru, an airline from Peru

Computing

• Condor High-Throughput Computing System, a framework for distributed computing developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Condor Soaring, a glider soaring simulator
• Condor Games, the name of Blizzard North before it was bought by Blizzard
• Condor, nickname of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick

Entertainment

• Condor (film), a 1986 TV-movie starring Ray Wise

Military related:

• Condor Legion, a Nazi military unit which intervened on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War
• Operation Condor has been the codename of a number of military operations, one of them: Operation Condor, a campaign of assassination and "counter-terrorism" by right-wing military governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay in the mid-1970s
• Condor missile, 1,500 km range missile developed by Argentina
• Condor (APC), a German armoured personnel carrier, best known for its use by Malaysian forces.
• RM Condor, the home base of 45 Commando, Royal Marines situated in Arbroath on the East coast of Scotland

Other uses:

• Cóndor (newspaper), German-language newsper published in Chile
• The Condor, the quarterly journal of the Cooper Ornithological Society
• Condorito
• ConDor (convention), the annual San Diego convention of fantasy and science fiction
• El Cóndor Pasa, a Peruvian zarzuela
• The Legend of the Condor Heroes a Chinese novel
• Armour of God II: Operation Condor a movie with Jackie Chan
• Three Days of the Condor adapted from the novel Six Days of the Condor
• El Condor is a superhero in the film The Condor (film) by Stan Lee
• Condor Sea Scouts, a Scout Troop established in Chua Chu Kang Secondary School
• The Condor (ride), an amusement ride
• Condor, in golf, the name given for scoring 4-under on 1 hole.
• Condor, in finance, a combination consisting of four options with different striking prices and the same maturity on the same underlying security.
• Condor Ferries, a ferry company running services from the Channel Islands to the United Kingdom and France.
• Bakersfield Condors, a minor league ice hockey team based in the U.S. state of California.
• In modern hip slang the word condor can also be used to describe a condominium. ^{[citation needed]}
• Cóndor station, a railway station in Bolivia.
• For some time the name of the band: Improved Sound Limited
• U.S. band that played between 1999-2004. The band released two albums: A Big One and Do It Everywhere.
• Condor (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• The Condor Night Club, a famous early strip club in San Francisco that helped set precedent for the legality of nude performances

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