Pelagornis (SciiFii)

The greater bony-toothsd bird (Pelagornis modernus) is a widespread species of pseudotooth bird that originally lived in the Late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to modern coastlines worldwide to help boost the declining biodiversity. Bony-toothed birds, including the greater bony-toothed birds, are close relatives of pelicans and storks. With a wingspan of 6 metres (20 ft) and a height of 1.2 metres (4.3 ft) when on the ground, the common bony-toothed birds and similar giant pseudotooth birds are the largest flying birds known, surpassed only by the teratorn Argentavis. Unlike its relative, the common bony-toothed bird, between each two of greater bony-toothed bird's large "teeth" is a single smaller one, allowing it to hunt a wider range of small aquatic animals besides cephalopods. Like its relatives, it has a stout but extremely light-boned body, feet that are webbed as in its aquatic relatives, and long and very narrow wings resembling those of an albatross. Its beak makes up about three-quarters of the head's length and has bony tooth-like serrations that are hollow. In general lifestyle, it is most similar to the albatrosses, tropicbirds and frigatebirds native to modern times, with long slender wings adapted for soaring vast distances over the open seas. Due to its size, the bird is an excellently adapted dynamic soarer. It builds its nest on high plateaus or similar places, where it can easily take flight by simply walking into the wind with wings spread. Lightly built as it is, the greater bony-toothed bird is not a good diver and found it impossible to dive at all. The conservation status of the greater bony-toothed bird is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and due to people cleaning out plastics from the oceans.
Category:Animals
Category:SciiFii
Category:Birds
Category:Cenozoic Park