Prehistoric bird
Prehistoric birds are various groups of birds that lived before recorded history. Most proto-birds started out as feathered dinosaurs and evolved mostly into birds that resemble their modern-day counterparts with the exception of achieving a much larger size in many cases.
Here are a few examples:
- Aepyornis titan
- Archaeopteryx
- Argentavis magnificens
- Confuciusornis
- Diatryma
- Dinornis
- Emeus crassus
- Enantionithes
- Gastornis
- Genyornis
- Harpagornis moorei
- Hesperornis
- Ichthyornis
- Limnofregata azygosternum
- Neocathartes grallator
- Osteodontornis orri
- Palaelodus ambiguus
- Phorusrhacus inflatus
- Pinguinius impennis
- Presbyornis pervetus
- Protoavis
- Vegavis