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What is the National Bird of Columbia?

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I love condors and vultures. Most humans cannot say that. Columbia has chosen one of the world’s most massive flying species as its national bird: the Andean Condor. Like their relatives, the California condors, Andean condors have bald heads.” Pesticide poisoning also remains a problem.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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The unrivaled aerial champions of the Americas have to be the two species of Condor, the one-time almost nearly extinct California Condor and the truly massive Andean Condor. The California Condor has a story well-known by anyone with an interest in birds. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley.