😊nice list i never knew this many big bird's existed.
@justinwilliam65345 ай бұрын
I have been at the George C Page museum in Los Angeles and I know that extinct condors once called the area home during the ice ages and vultures that lived on the island of Flores at the same time as the real hobbits and the Guadalupe Caracara extinct in 1906.
@Peregrinus83755 ай бұрын
Yes I think those extinct condors/vultures you're referring to are the Teratorns? and yes I'm aware of the Guadalupe Caracara which might be for a future video. The Isle of Flores did have some strange inhabitants including a giant Marabou stork as tall as a man
@maozilla91495 ай бұрын
nice
@Peregrinus83755 ай бұрын
Thanks :)
@maozilla91495 ай бұрын
your welcome@@Peregrinus8375
@tinymetaltrees4 ай бұрын
1000th!
@indyreno29335 ай бұрын
Birds of Prey (order Falconiformes) are a very large and diverse order of birds, filling many ecological niches, there are only nine extant families of birds of prey, Cariamidae (Seriemas), Sagittariidae (Secretarybird and Fossil Relatives), Aquilidae (Eagles), Accipitridae (Hawks, Buzzards, Harriers, and Kites), Pandionidae (Ospreys), Aegypiidae (Old World Vultures), Caracaridae (Caracaras), Falconidae (Falcons, Kestrels, Hobbies, and Falconets), and Cathartidae (New World Vultures), there are also extinct families of birds of prey like the well known brontornithids (family Brontornithidae), the dromornithids (family Dromornithidae), the gastornithids (family Gastornithidae), the terror birds (family Phorusrhacidae), and the teratorns (family Teratornithidae).
@Peregrinus83755 ай бұрын
Aspects of this taxonomic description you've made are incorrect and outdated. Look anywhere online and you'll find that Caracaras are actually part of the Falconidae family, Eagles are actually part of the Accipitriformes group along with hawks, buzzards, etc. and Falconiformes does not encompass the bird of prey family as a whole
@indyreno29335 ай бұрын
@Peregrinus8375, no they're not, there are only thirty valid extant orders of birds: Tinamiformes (Tinamous), Struthioniformes (Ostriches), Rheiformes (Rheas), Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu), Apterygiformes (Kiwis), Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzin), Falconiformes (Birds of Prey), Galliformes (Gamebirds), Anseriformes (Waterfowl), Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeter, Rails, Crakes, Sora, Gallinules, Nativehens, Swamphens, Moorhen, Watercock, Coots, Finfoots, Flufftails, Woodrails, and Forest Rails), Charadriiformes (Shorebirds), Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills), Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu), Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels), Podicipediformes (Grebes), Gaviiformes (Loons), Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos), Sphenisciformes (Penguins), Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse), Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves), Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Turacos, Bustards, and Mesites), Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, Pauraques, Owlet Nightjars, Frogmouths, Potoos, and Oilbird), Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds), Strigiformes (Owls), Trogoniformes (Trogons), Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds), Coraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, and Scimitarbills), Coliiformes (Mousebirds), Psittaciformes (Parrots), and Passeriformes (Passerines). Birds are split into four superorders: Palaeognathae, Palaeoaves, Aequornithes, and Telluraves, the Palaeognathae superorder is split into the grandorders Tinamimorphae (Tinamous and Fossil Relatives) and Struthionimorphae (Ratites), the tinamous (order Tinamiformes) are the sole extant order of the Tinamimorphae grandorder, while ratites (grandorder Struthionimorphae) are divided into the mirorders Struthionorheae (Holotropical Ratites) for the orders Struthioniformes and Rheiformes and Casuarioapterygae (Oceanian Ratites) for the orders Casuariiformes and Apterygiformes, the Palaeoaves superorder contains the orders Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes, the Aequornithes superorder is split into the grandorders Gruicharadriae, Ciconiopelecanae, and Procellariimorphae, the Gruicharadriae grandorder contains the orders Gruiformes and Charadriiformes, the Ciconiopelecanae grandorder contains the orders Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes, and the Procellariimorphae grandorder is divided into the mirorders Procellariae for only the order Procellariiformes, Gaviopodicipedae for the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, and Phoenicopterospheniscae for the orders Phoenicopteriformes and Sphenisciformes, and the Telluraves superorder is split into the grandorders Columbimorphae, Furitivornithes, and Coraciopasserea, the Columbimorphae grandorder contains the orders Pteroclidiformes and Columbiformes, the Furitivornithes grandorder contains the orders Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Strigiformes, and the Coraciopasserea grandorder is divided into the mirorders Coraciimorphae for the orders Trogoniformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes and Passerimorphae for the orders Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes. According to here, the falcons, kestrels, hobbies, falconets, montanaguila, caracaras, new world vultures, hawks, buzzards, harriers, kites, ospreys, old world vultures, eagles, secretarybird, and seriemas along with the extinct brontornithids, dromornithids, gastornithids, terror birds, and teratorns all belong to only one order, which is Falconiformes, the order is more closely related to both gamebirds (order Galliformes) and waterfowl (order Anseriformes) than to any other bird alive today, all three extant orders constitute the clade Eufalconimorphae, which belongs to the superorder Palaeoaves that also contains the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), which is the sole living member of the order Opisthocomiformes, this makes birds of prey (order Falconiformes) some of the oldest birds alive today.
@@indyreno2933 Believe what you want to believe but that isn't how current taxonomy puts it
@carlosalbuquerque224 ай бұрын
Have you spent the last two decades under a rock? Please get up to date with scientific an genetic studies, because god you're embarassing yourself
@jessejarmon21005 ай бұрын
There's also undescribed remains of another giant owl species closely related to the cuban giant owl that lived in mainland North America during the Late Pleistocene that was of similar size to their cuban relatives. Also probably why Native American folklore is chock full of giant man-eating owl monsters.
@Peregrinus83755 ай бұрын
Yes I recently saw some artwork depicting this giant owl as looking like a Great Grey Owl (though potentially open to interpretation as to what its closest relative is)-it seems the New world was full of Giant Owls back in the day!