🦅 Andean condor vs Gray wolf 🐺
The gray wolf is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor. The gray wolf weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦅 Andean condor | 🐺 Gray wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Size The gray wolf is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor. | 3.2 to 4.2 ft98 cm to 1.3 m1 | 5.9 ft1.8 m2 |
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the andean condor yet. | no checked number yet | 35 mph56 km/h2 |
| Weight The gray wolf weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. | 17 to 33 lb7.7 to 15 kg1 | 90 to 110 lb41 to 50 kg2 |
| Lives The andean condor usually lives about 10 times as long as the gray wolf. | 50 years50 years1 | 4 to 5 years4 to 5 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits | deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America | forests, mountains and tundra of North America, Europe and Asia |
Which one? Andean condor or gray wolf
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the andean condor yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed. Our face-off books compare real numbers, and nobody gets hurt.
10 things to know about Andean condor vs Gray wolf
- The andean condor: A huge black vulture with the longest wings of any land bird.
- The gray wolf: A wild cousin of the dog that lives and travels in a pack.
- They are different kinds of animal. The andean condor is a bird, so it has feathers and lays eggs; the gray wolf is a mammal, so it breathes air with lungs and feeds its babies milk.
- The gray wolf is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor: 2 against 1.
- The gray wolf weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. That is 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the gray wolf.
- The andean condor usually lives about 10 times as long as the gray wolf. Usual lifespans: 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the gray wolf.
- Both eat meat. The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits; the gray wolf eats deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers.
- The andean condor lives in mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America. The gray wolf lives in forests, mountains and tundra of North America, Europe and Asia. They can live in the same kind of place.
- The andean condor: needs help (Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The gray wolf: doing fine (Least Concern on the IUCN Red List). 4
Wow facts
🦅 Andean condor
- An Andean condor has the longest wings of any land bird.
- It can travel a very long way in a day.
- It cleans up animals that have already died.
🐺 Gray wolf
- Every pet dog came from wolves, long, long ago.
- A howl can carry a long way through the forest.
- The whole pack helps look after the pups.
Questions kids ask about Andean condor and Gray wolf
Which is bigger, andean condor or gray wolf?
The gray wolf is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor: 2 against 1.
Which is heavier, andean condor or gray wolf?
The gray wolf weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. That is 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the gray wolf.
Which lives longer, andean condor or gray wolf?
The andean condor usually lives about 10 times as long as the gray wolf. Usual lifespans: 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the gray wolf.
What do andean condor and gray wolf eat?
Both eat meat. The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits; the gray wolf eats deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers.
Where do andean condor and gray wolf live?
The andean condor lives in mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America. The gray wolf lives in forests, mountains and tundra of North America, Europe and Asia. They can live in the same kind of place.
Do andean condors eat gray wolves?
The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits. Gray wolves are not in that list, which comes from its page. And the gray wolf is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor.
Do gray wolves eat andean condors?
The gray wolf eats deer, elk, moose and smaller animals like beavers. Andean condors are not in that list, which comes from its page.
Who would win, andean condor or gray wolf?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They can share the same kind of place, and real animals mostly keep out of each other's way. What we can compare is how big, how heavy, how fast, how long they live and what they eat, as above.
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Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Vultur gryphus (Andean condor), checked 10 November 2026.
- National Park Service, Yellowstone (wolf facts), checked 30 October 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 30 October 2026.