Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. Living Organisms (hierarchy name)
4. living organisms (entities)
5. Eukaryota (domain)
6. Animalia (kingdom)
7. Chordata (phylum)
8. Vertebrata (subphylum)
9. Aves (class)
10. Falconiformes (order)
11. Cathartidae (family)
12. Gymnogyps (genus)

Anotations

Scope note:

Vulture species formerly common in the mountains of the western United States. Once nearly extinct, the species has been sustained by breeding in captivity. A carefully controlled conservation program has led to inreasing numbers of birds released into the wild.