Talk:Andean Condor

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Contents 1 Taxobox image 1.1 Andean Condor (3 votes) colab for Jan 08 2 To Do list before FA 3 Flight silhouette 4 Weight for birds in the wild

[edit] Taxobox image

I'd like to suggest the taxobox image be changed to something more natural looking (ie, without the cage showing). I would have replaced it myself, but there is no more suitable image on Commons at the moment. Abbott75 09:27, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Andean Condor (3 votes) colab for Jan 08

Support:

1. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
2. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 00:45, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
3. heyjude. 15:40, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Comments: The 2nd last piece in an FT jigsaw puzzle. Maybe if we all chip in we can get it over the line. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 09:49, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] To Do list before FA

It's looking pretty darn good this one! I gave it a bit of a copyedit. Nothing is jumping out at me as far as missing material is concerned....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I just gave the article another copyedit. There are a few things that I think still need to be done (and I'll help as I can)...

I plugged in two cite needed tags. Hopefully these will be easy enough to fix.

In description, I don't like the sentence "The head is much flattened above" and did not feel confident enough to fix it.

Under the cultural references section, could there be some examples of stories told about the Andean Condor, as in the California Condor article.

Also, should a note about how the Andean Condor was temporarily introduced to the US in preparation for the California Condor release be added?

I think that the bird is on some coins and it probably is on some stamps too.

May add more later. I've got to go. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 20:34, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I wasn't able to find any specific stories or myths told about it. I did find that it was associated with the sun god, so I added that. Anyway, I think it's looking good, and so I shall nominate it for FA. heyjude. 00:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, if its not there then its not there. Good luck with the FAC. Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 00:14, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flight silhouette

I removed the gallery, but think one image that gives a clear silhouette should be included. I propose the image shown in this section. Samsara noadmin (talk) 20:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll leave it to Jude, but could this replace the picture of the captive bird with the Description section? Rufous-crowned Sparrow (talk) 21:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weight for birds in the wild

CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses-Second Edition gives the following datas for Andean Condors body mass (and not for captive birds) Males av. 12,5 kg (range: 10,9-13,6 kg), Females av. 10,1 kg (range: 9,6-11,4 kg)