What is the largest predatory bird in the world?
This is the Largest Predatory Bird in the world ever! Largest “Terror Bird” Fossil Found in Argentina The Largest ever – The real-life fossils belong to a new species of phorusrhacid, giant predators also known as terror birds that once dominated South America. “Some of these birds had skulls that were two and a half feet [almost a meter] in length. [They] were colossal animals,” he said. The new, currently unnamed species stood about ten feet (three meters) tall and had a head as big as that of a horse. The largest terror birds could likely swallow dog-size prey in a single gulp, experts say. The bird’s most striking feature—literally—was its giant nose, a roughly 18-inch (46-centimeter) beak with a sharp, curving hook shaped like an eagle’s beak.
The Comanche tribe call it ba’a’ and the Potawatomi use the name chequah, but most people know of this mystery animal as Thunderbird. Although gigantic birds are reported in the past and present from various areas of the globe, the Thunderbird is isolated to North America. Native Americans believed that these giant birds brought thunder and rain with them as they flew through the air by flapping their wings, and lightning by closing their eyes. Nevertheless, the distinction between the stories of the Native Americans and people of today are not too far apart. Modern reports of Thunderbirds arise from various locations in North America, with a large occurrence from Pennsylvania to the Central states. Mark A. Hall, one of the foremost investigators of the Thunderbird story, gives the following description of the avian cryptid drawn from numerous sightings: “The bird is distinguished by its size and lifting capabilities exceeding those of any known bird living today anywhere in the world.
