Terror bird

Quick Terror Bird Facts: - Lived in what is now South America - Lived during the Middle Miocene Period - Weighed as much as a panda bear - Could run faster than a horse - Couldn't fly - Was carnivorous

Description Here's an illustration I did of the giant phorusrhacid Kelenken guillermoi. I limited myself to a day for this piece, which I find helps me to improve my workflow as I can't get bogged down on little details. Hope youse all enjoy!

Large flightless birds are well known in the fossil records of the world’s southern continents,‭ ‬but it is usually the‭ ‘‬terror birds‭’ ‬of the

Terra bird concepts from 10,000BC and Primeval

Phorusrhacids, known as terror birds, are a group of extinct carnivorous flightless birds in South America during the Cenozoic era, 62 to 1.8 mya. Their long legs enabled them to run at high speed and long necks absorbed the impact made with powerful curved beaks. (Saul Marchese / ArtStation)

The Terror Birds are birds that appeared in the 2008 film, 10,000 B.C. It appears to be just like an ordinary terror bird, with feather crests located on the top of its head, light brownish grey necks, sharp beaks, three fingers, dark brown feathers, and a body shape similar to a modern seriema. They hunt in packs to chase their prey and ultimately kill it.

And then, of course, there are the native predators.Walking with Beasts: Sabre Tooth Phorusrhacos, commonly known as a Terror Bird, was a large, flightless bird from the Pliocene to the Pleistocene. It was the top predator of its region until other predators from North America migrated to South America. Phorusrhacos was a large, carnivorous bird. It possessed a large beak which was hooked at the tip, like a modern eagle. At the top of its head was a small plumage of feathers. This...

Pictures and detailed profiles of over 50 prehistoric and extinct birds, ranging from Archaeopteryx to the Passenger Pigeon.

Phorusrhacids or terror birds were giant flightless aves that ate meat, living after the dinosaurs (62-2 million years ago). They were the top predators in South America. When it collided with North America some migrated up into this new continent. The majority of terror birds became extinct due to the introduction of northern predators like the sabre toothed cats and wolves, however they were still efficient predators. They were built for speed and agility, growing to 3 meters in height…

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