🦅 Andean condor vs Leopard 🐆
The leopard is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor. The leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor.
Getting the animals ready…
| Row | 🦅 Andean condor | 🐆 Leopard |
|---|---|---|
| Size The leopard is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor. | 3.2 to 4.2 ft98 cm to 1.3 m1 | 5.2 to 7.5 ft1.6 to 2.3 m2 |
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the andean condor yet. | no checked number yet | 37 mph60 km/h2 |
| Weight The leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. | 17 to 33 lb7.7 to 15 kg1 | 37 to 143 lb17 to 65 kg2 |
| Lives The andean condor usually lives about 5 times as long as the leopard. | 50 years50 years1 | 10 to 12 years10 to 12 years2 |
| Eats Both eat meat. | animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits | mid-sized hoofed animals, plus birds, reptiles and rodents |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America | woodland, grassland and forest across Africa and parts of Asia |
Which one? Andean condor or leopard
🏁 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 Leopard
- The andean condor: A huge black vulture with the longest wings of any land bird.
- The leopard: A spotted big cat that lives across Africa and Asia.
- They are different kinds of animal. The andean condor is a bird, so it has feathers and lays eggs; the leopard is a mammal, so it breathes air with lungs and feeds its babies milk.
- The leopard is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor: 2 against 1.
- The leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. That is 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the leopard.
- The andean condor usually lives about 5 times as long as the leopard. Usual lifespans: 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the leopard.
- Both eat meat. The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits; the leopard eats mid-sized hoofed animals, plus birds, reptiles and rodents.
- The andean condor lives in mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America. The leopard lives in woodland, grassland and forest across Africa and parts of Asia. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
- The andean condor: needs help (Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List). 3
- The leopard: needs help (Vulnerable 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.
🐆 Leopard
- A leopard can run fast in short bursts.
- Leopards live in woodland, grassland and forest.
- It eats birds, reptiles and rodents too.
Questions kids ask about Andean condor and Leopard
Which is bigger, andean condor or leopard?
The leopard is about one and a half times as long as the andean condor: 2 against 1.
Which is heavier, andean condor or leopard?
The leopard weighs about 4 times as much as the andean condor. That is 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the leopard.
Which lives longer, andean condor or leopard?
The andean condor usually lives about 5 times as long as the leopard. Usual lifespans: 1 for the andean condor and 2 for the leopard.
What do andean condor and leopard eat?
Both eat meat. The andean condor eats animals that have already died, and sometimes small animals such as rabbits; the leopard eats mid-sized hoofed animals, plus birds, reptiles and rodents.
Where do andean condor and leopard live?
The andean condor lives in mountains and coastal mountains from Venezuela to the southern tip of South America. The leopard lives in woodland, grassland and forest across Africa and parts of Asia. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet.
Who would win, andean condor or leopard?
We never show fights, because a fight is not a fair way to compare animals. They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. 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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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/andean-condor-vs-leopard
Where these numbers come from
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Vultur gryphus (Andean condor), checked 10 November 2026.
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web: Panthera pardus (leopard), checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.
- Wikidata, from the IUCN Red List, checked 10 November 2026.