Sarcoramphus gryphus; Print; The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America; the Andean condor is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight and wingspan. It has a maximum wingspan of 3.3 m (10 ft 10 in) exceeded only by the wingspans of four seabirds and water birds鈥攖he roughly 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) maximum of the wandering albatross; southern royal albatross; great white pelican and Dalmatian pelican.; 1700-1880