California Condor #167 aka "Kingpin"

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Hatchday: May 6th, 1997 Hatch location Los Angeles Zoo Sex: Male Current Status: Partnered with Slope Slug (#190) Offspring: Foster father of Ventana (#444) Current location: Big Sur, CA

For his first seven years in the wild, Kingpin was second in dominance to our oldest male, condor #164, who died in 2005. From then on, he has been the most dominant member of our Big Sur flock. He is also one of our tallest and heaviest condors, weighing about 25 pounds. His position at the top of the dominance hierarchy means that he gets first choice of food, and also that he frequently disciplines other condors who get in his way.

Kingpin paired with Slope Slug (#190) in 2006 and they set up a breeding territory that spring. In 2007, the two made a nest in the cavity of a redwood tree - the first ever documented for a California condor. Kingpin shows a preference for the wilder coastal canyons, staying near the ocean, yet avoiding the highway and human areas

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