The term "condor" reflects a paraphyletic group, as the king vulture, which is not typically referred to as a condor, is nested within the clade that includes Andean and California condors, although it is unclear which of them it is more closely related to.

Description

Condors are very large, broad-winged soaring birds, the Andean condor being to shorter (beak to tail) on average than the northern species, but heavier and

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