Research, rehabilitation, conservation of their habitats, awareness and community participation through environmental education, raising human care of condors rescued and dissemination to society are the actions carried out by Bioparque Amaru to promote the survival of the Ecuadorian Andean condor found On the brink of extinction.

This emblematic bird that occupies a place in the Ecuadorian national coat of arms is the largest flying bird in the world and since 2009 in Ecuador every July 7 is commemorated the National Day of this species.

In recent decades, the condor in Ecuador has been exterminated by poaching, expanding the agricultural frontier and conflict people fauna, decreasing its population has alarming figures of approximately 100 individuals throughout the national territory, as indicated The biologist Ernesto Arbeláez, director of Bioparque Amaru, an institution that forms an active part of the National Working Group of the Andean Condor.

In Ecuador, according to the last national census carried out in 2015, a total population of between 94 and 102 condors was determined, of which 22 were recorded in the southern area of ​​the country with the highest concentration located in the river basin León where there are important dormideros, nesting areas, rest, isolation and feeding areas of the species. This zone has been permanently monitored and monitored against potential aggressions by professional technicians and two native rangers in the area who have been managed and trained by Bioparque Amaru since 2014. For the scientific follow-up of this species, trap cameras are used at feeding points Which have been established and have a program of capture - tagging of condors with satellite trackers that allow to identify individuals, know and learn about their dispersion and use of natural habitat.

Amaru leads and coordinates this project in the south of the country and develops it in a network with several local and national organizations and thanks to the availability of resources, professional staff and technical advice from the Peregrine Fund, Ilithium Rescue Center, Ministry of the Environment, Fund I fought from the San Francisco University of Quito and the National Working Group of the Andean Condor. More detailed information about this project can be obtained at: http://investigacioncondorecuador.com/web/index.php