Condor

The Condors are the apex predators of the inner Andes Mountains, especially around the estate of Baron Heinrich von Fruelich, Mariembourg. The Baron often spent his free time shooting at them, often without success.

Physical appearance
The giant condors resemble the real-life Andean Condors, though larger in size. The body is dark with a white collar around the neck, and the face being bare of feathers with a fleshy comb.

Personality
As apex predators, the condors are not good nor evil; just carnivores living in the wilds. Though a danger to small animals up to the size of sheep, the giant birds prefer carrion. They are generally not aggressive towards people unless provoked. Even when though, they do so intelligence in how they can distinguish people who have harmed them as opposed to lashing out at any person they see.

History
The apex predators of the inner Andes, the giant condors soared the skies around the compound of Baron Henrich von Fruelich. He'd often spent time shooting at them, though rarely succeeded in killing any. One such bird observed the Quest Team's jet having to make an emergency landing at the Baron's airstrip. With their keen mastery of the air and freedom, the Baron conferred to his guests that he envied the birds as he was well past his prime as a pilot. One bird ambushed and dispatched an owl, frightening Jonny and Hadji in the midst of the night. The next day when Bandit was going about the courtyard to investigate the compound, a condor set off to hunt for its hungry chicks and attempted to grab the dog. While it did lift him away, he thankfully slipped out of its grip and fell into a fountain.

Later in the Baron's attempted staged dogfight with Race Bannon, Heinrich von Fruelich unwittingly fired at the mountainside were several condor were nesting. A particularly large specimen took the air in pursuit of his plane and surprised the villainous Baron, using its talons to rip a section of his WW1 era plane's wing off. The resulting crash killed the would-be murderer. Later as the Quest team were departing and Race conferred his story of how the giant condor saved him, they spied the same bird soaring the mountain peaks and bid it thanks for the save.

Appearances

 * Jonny Quest 1964 television series
 * 110. Shadow of the Condor

Trivia

 * Real life Andean Condors are the largest birds of prey in the world, with a wingspan of just under 3 meters (slightly over 10 feet) and a weight of 15 kilograms (33 pounds). As noted in the episode, they much prefer to scavenge off already-dead carcasses of animals rather than hunt live prey. The prey they do take is often quite small such as rodents and rabbits, and most certainly not sheep as the Baron claims.
 * The condors use the same sound effects as Turu.