California condor

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A very large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus) found in the southern California mountains and nearly extinct.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• (Zoöl.) a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California vulture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct