The California Condor (Gymnogyps Californianus) is North America's largest and rarest flying bird from the vulture family. Their wings, from tip to tip, can span more than nine feet and they soar high on wind currents. Adult condors have a bare orange, yellow-orange, or pink head and neck, which turns a deep red-pink during courtship or when expressing excitement or alarm. The body is an even black, but the feathers on the back are edged with brown. The underside of each wing (particularly in males) has a white triangle-shaped patch or bands of white. Their bill is ivory, legs and feet are gray, and they sport a frill of black feathers surrounding the base of the neck.

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