 PREPARE A DRAFT OF THE TEXT WITH THE IDEAS

ACCORDING TO THE TOPIC.

 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FEMALE CONDOR AND THE MALE
CONDOR.
 FEMALE CONDOR
 DOES NOT HAVE A CREST OR CARUNCLE
 EYE COLOR: THEY ARE BROWN BUT TURN REDDISH WHEN THEY REACH
SEXUAL MATURITY AFTER 6 YEARS.
 HIS WEIGHT:8-11
 MALE CONDOR
 CREST OR CARUNCLE
 ITS FOLDS INCREASE IN SIZE WITH AGE.
 EYE COLOR: BROWN
 HIS WEIGHT : 11-15 KG

 MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANDEAN

CONDOR.
 THE CONDOR OR ANDEAN CONDOR IS AN EXOTIC BIRD NATIVE TO SOUTH
AMERICA, ITS LARGE SIZE MAKES IT ONE OF THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND (BIRDS)
ON THE ENTIRE PLANET.
 HE LIVES IN THE EXTENSIVE CORDILLERA DE LOS ANDES, WHICH CROSSES
COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA.
 BECAUSE IT IS A VERY LARGE AND HEAVY OVIPAROUS BIRD, IT IS DIFFICULT
FOR IT TO FLY, WHICH IS WHY IT LIVES IN HIGH-ALTITUDE MOUNTAINOUS
AREAS, SINCE THEY ARE WINDY AREAS THAT ALLOW THEM TO FLY WITHOUT
MUCH EFFORT, BECAUSE THEY ONLY SPREAD THEIR WINGS TO GLIDE AND
HELP WITH THE WIND.
 THIS SOUTH AMERICAN BIRD HAS THE SAME BEHAVIOR AS ANIMALS THAT
FEED ON DECOMPOSED MEAT (CARRION), SUCH AS VULTURES AND
VULTURES.

 BECAUSE IT IS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION?

 LARGE ANIMALS ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT SUFFER THE MOST FROM
HUMAN ACTIONS AND, AMONG THEM, THE CONDOR IS ONE OF THE
SPECIES THAT HAS SUFFE RED THE MOST FROM MAN'S PERSECUTION AND
HARASSMENT IN THE LAST CENTURY.
  THIS HAS LED IT TO BE AMONG THE MOST THREATENED BIRD SPECIES,
PLACING IT, TODAY, IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION.
 THE CONDOR IS IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION, IT IS WORTH NOTING ITS LOW
REPRODUCTION RATE. THE CONDOR IS A SPECIES THAT REPRODUCES AT A
VERY LOW SPEED.

• RESCUE AND RELEASE OF THE CONDOR

 CURRENTLY, THERE ARE VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT ARE CARRIED OUT TO

PROTECT THE SPECIES.
 ONE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS AMONG RANCHERS SO THAT THEY STOP
SEEING THE CONDOR AS A POSSIBLE THREAT TO THEIR WAY OF LIFE, WHICH
PREVENTS A LARGE PART OF THE DEATHS THAT ARE CAUSED BY POISONING.
 SINCE 1989, THE RELEASE OF SPECIMENS BORN IN CAPTIVITY HAS BEEN
CARRIED OUT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT LOCAL CONDOR POPULATIONS.

• HOW TO PRESERVE THE ANDEAN CONDOR

 THE ANDEAN CONDOR CONSERVATION PROGRAM (PCCA) HAS BEEN LEADING
AN EFFORT TO RESTORE THIS ILLUSTRIOUS BIRD FOR THREE DECADES. IN
THAT TIME, THE PROGRAM HAS RESCUED AT LEAST 370 CONDORS.
 IN ADDITION TO HATCHING, RESCUING AND RELEASING CONDORS, PCCA
SCIENTISTS USE GPS TRACKING COLLARS TO TRACK THE BIRDS ONCE THEY
RETURN TO THE WILD. THE DATA ALLOWS THEM TO IDENTIFY KEY HABITATS
AND EDUCATE POLICY MAKERS ABOUT AREAS THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED.

 MESSAGE OF REFLECTION
 THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE ECOSYSTEM, SO WE ALL SHOULD BE AWARE.
SUPPORT CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.

 ALUMNOS:
 PEREDO MANCILLA ALEXANDER
 SANDRA AGUILAR RIVERA
 ADOLFO FABIAN CERNA