Conservation efforts have pulled the California condor back from the brink of extinction

Number of California condors globally

504

Total

2015 – Number of fledglings surpasses number of birds dying in the wild

2002 – Breeding in the wild resumes

329

Wild

1987 – Extinct in the wild. Last six birds captured

1983 – Eggs first taken from wild nests for captive rearing

175

Captive

1960

1980

2000

2020

2015

Number of fledglings surpasses number of birds dying in the wild

500

504

Total

2002

Breeding in the wild resumes

1987

Extinct in the wild. Last six birds captured

400

329

Wild

300

1983

Eggs first taken from wild nests for captive rearing

200

175

Captive

100

0

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020