Terror birds

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Terror birds; not an animal topic
Topic Started: Sep 26 2008, 12:49 PM (586 Views)
JohnFaa	Sep 26 2008, 12:49 PM Post #1
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	This is actually not a topic about and animal specie(s), but an idea I got to organise things. This is a list of all flightless/almost flightless predatory birds designed so far. There are included in categories for each continent, plus a category for rejected species. South America Giant Urubu Eurasia Beefeater Raven Oceania Africa Antartica North America Rejected



leptonosoma	Sep 26 2008, 03:37 PM Post #2
Official Timette Posts: 441 Group: Members Member #63 Joined: Aug 22, 2008 Gender: Female	I've got a few to add to this list. But their existance goes beyond 15 MY. From Africa: Ambulaquila, Pseudostruthio. From South America: Arpazornis, Diploacurostris, Laimarga, Trechocygnus. From North America: Arpazornis, Trechocygnus, Lipoptes. From the South Pacific (possibly Australia too): Apteropsittus.



Black_Panther	Sep 26 2008, 05:53 PM Post #3
Adolescent Posts: 472 Group: Members Member #56 Joined: Aug 17, 2008 Gender: Private Nationality: Mexico	Hmmm...i'm working on a predatory vulture, the Tezcatlipoca Vulture, that inhabits most of Mexico and the North American deserts.



JohnFaa	Sep 27 2008, 02:56 AM Post #4
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	Quote: I've got a few to add to this list. But their existance goes beyond 15 MY. From Africa: Ambulaquila, Pseudostruthio. From South America: Arpazornis, Diploacurostris, Laimarga, Trechocygnus. From North America: Arpazornis, Trechocygnus, Lipoptes. From the South Pacific (possibly Australia too): Apteropsittus. Those are birds from your project... Plus, this is a list of large, predatory flightless/almost flightless birds, and giant swans, ratites and flightless parrots don't fit in that description



leptonosoma	Sep 27 2008, 09:59 AM Post #5
Official Timette Posts: 441 Group: Members Member #63 Joined: Aug 22, 2008 Gender: Female	JohnFaa Sep 27 2008, 02:56 AM Quote: I've got a few to add to this list. But their existance goes beyond 15 MY. From Africa: Ambulaquila, Pseudostruthio. From South America: Arpazornis, Diploacurostris, Laimarga, Trechocygnus. From North America: Arpazornis, Trechocygnus, Lipoptes. From the South Pacific (possibly Australia too): Apteropsittus. Those are birds from your project... Plus, this is a list of large, predatory flightless/almost flightless birds, and giant swans, ratites and flightless parrots don't fit in that description I thought that's what you wanted? A few of those are predatory.



JohnFaa	Sep 27 2008, 10:14 AM Post #6
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	Not all though...



Livyatan	Sep 27 2008, 04:09 PM Post #7
Posts: 1,998 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 24, 2008 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Favorite Quote: "Knowledge never springs from faith. It springs from doubt." - Humayun Azad Nationality: American	I think there are key species from which flightless terror birds could re-evolve: North America: vultures South America: caracaras and seriemas Africa: secretary bird Eurasia: likely not many but if you can convince me, I may allow the possibility Pacific/Atlantic Islands: owls, hawks, just about any raptor from nowadays Australasia: mammalian and reptilian predators will likely retain dominance



SIngemeister	Oct 9 2008, 03:56 PM Post #8
Hive Tyrant of the Essee Swarm Posts: 4,792 Group: Members Member #49 Joined: Aug 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Formerly Anglo-Irish, now Gribbly Favorite Quote: "That's the least funniest thing ever." "BURNING ORPHANS!"	In Eurasia-Corvids and some Raptors



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