1 United States Department of the Interior

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HOPPER MOUNTAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX CALIFORNIA CONDOR RECOVERY PROGRAM 2493 Portola Rd, Ste A Ventura, CA 93003 Tel: (805) 644-5185 Fax: (805) 644-1732

California Condor Recovery Program 2020 Annual Population Status

December 31, 2020

Total World Population 504

(2019 = 518) Wild Free Flying Population 329

(2019=337)

AZ /UT Wild 103

CA Wild 186

• SOCA 93 • CECA 93 (VWS 60; PNP 33)

Baja Wild 40 Wild Chicks Fledged 10

(2019=14)

AZ/UT 3

CA 6 (SOCA 1, CECA 5)

Baja 1

Captives Released to the Wild 28

(2019 = 32) AZ/UT 10

CA 18 (VWS 9; PNP 5; 4 FWS)

2019 = (6 VWS; 1 PNP; 13 FWS)

Baja 0 (3 released and then returned to captivity for behavioral issues) 2

Total Captive Population: 175

(Includes pre-release captive chicks in breeding facilities and field sites)

2020 Captive Breeding

Captive Breeding is conducted at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey, Los Angeles , San Diego Zoo and Safari Park and Oregon Zoo in the U.S. and Zoo in City, Mexico.

Captive breeding pairs 50 (48 in the U.S.; 2 in Mexico.)

Eggs: 56

Chicks produced: 28 (28 in the U.S.; 0 in Mexico.)

Chicks available for release in 2021: 25 (2019=32)

Chicks held for future breeding: 5 (2019=2) (2018=1)

Captive adult deaths: 1 (SB 96, WCBP Bacterial heart infection)

TOTAL LEAD DEATHS 2020 Deaths in the Free-flying Population 42 (2019 =17) From 1992 through 2020 there were 107 deaths from lead poisoning in the free flying AZ/UT 7 population. CA 34 (2019=12) Lead poisoning is responsible for 50 percent (SOCA 9) of 213 deaths with a known cause.

(CECA 25) An additional 106 free-flying condors are presumed dead after missing for more than Baja 1 365 days. 2020 Cause of Death in the free flying population

Lead Poisoning: 12

(2019=11)

{AZ/UT 1 (2019=3)

{SOCA 4 (2019=1)

{CECA 7 (2019=5)

Fire: 9 (CECA)

Power line: 2

Pending final necropsy / COD: 5

Unknown; missing in the wild: 10 Unable to determine a cause of death: 4

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KNOWN CAUSES OF MORTALITY IN THE WILD CALIFORNIA CONDOR POPOULATION 1992 -2020 Other, 9 illness, 9 fire, 16 trauma, 6

shooting, 11

Lead, 107 50% of the 213 deaths with a known cause predation, 28 between 1992-2020 are lead poisoning

drowning, 7

powerline, 19

Number of Releases, Fledged Chicks and Deaths in the Wild Condor Population 2010-2020

50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Wild deaths Wild fledged Releases

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California Condor Population Trends 2010 - 2020 600

500 518 488 504 463 400 435 446 412 421 337 329 390 404 312 370 276 290 Total population 300 268 235 230 228 Wild population 210 181 200 Captive population Number of Number condors 189 193 180 169 182 167 170 173 176 181 175 100

0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Breeding aged Condors Gained and Lost in 2020

25

20

15

10

5

0 Number of breeding age Number of birds that Number of birds tha turned Number of bird that turned birds that died in 2020 turned 5 in 2020 age 6 in 2020 age 8 in 2020

CA AZ Total BAJA

5

Number of Wild Condors Age 5 and Older in 2020

250

194 200

150 108 100 88 69 56 60 50 34 32 26 29 11 18 0 CA AZ Baja Total population

Female Male

All data used in the preparation of this report was provided by the following California Condor Recovery Program partners: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab, Ventana Wildlife Society, Pinnacles National Park, Peregrine Fund, Los Angeles Zoo, San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, San Diego Zoo Global, Oregon Zoo, La Comisión Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas [CONANP] (National Commission of Natural Protected Areas), Zoológico de Chapultepec (Chapultepec Zoo, ), and Santa Barbara Zoo.