User:AvesEditor

Hi Wikipedia. I am interested in birds, particularly large extinct ones and try to add any information to them that I know. Apologies for any mistake.

My favorite kind of birds are waterfowl, rails (the family), and ratites

Extinct bird work:

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Articles Created:

Namornis

Struthio oldawayi

Tsondabornis

Articles Expanded a lot:

Pachystruthio

Struthio anderssoni

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To do list:

Rallidae

Largest Extinct Flying Birds (by wingspan)

Very likely larger than 3.6 meters but no direct estimate: (from comparisons to other large taxa or other reasons)

- Pseudodontornis longirostris [15]

- Cyphornis magnus [6]

- Pelagornis miocaenus [14]

- Palaeochenoides mioceanus (per current wikipedia size comparison relative to Tympanonesiotes, not verified)

Citations: (access the ones DOI only from Sci-Hub)

[1]: A teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae) from the early late Miocene of Buenos Aires, Argentina (DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1634706)

[2]: Flight performance of the largest volant bird - PMC

[3]: SIZE AND LOCOMOTION OF TERATORNS (DOI:10.1093/auk/100.2.390)

[4]: The aerodynamics of Argentavis, the world's largest flying bird from the Miocene of Argentina - PMC

[5]: (PDF) A New Genus for the Incredible Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae)

[6]: Osteology of a new giant bony-toothed bird from the Miocene of Chile (DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501465)

[7]: https://www.willamettevalleypleistocene.com/whs/the-digs

[8]: Into Thinner Air: The Pliocene Demise of the Giant Volant Birds

[9]: Into thin air: The loss of the pliocene giant volant birds

[10]: Phylogenetic affinities and morphology of the Pliocene cathartiform Dryornis pampeanus

[11]: Pseudotoothed Birds (Aves, Odontopterygiformes) from the Early Tertiary of Morocco

[12]: THE FOSSIL RECORD OF BIRDS

[13]: Paleogene Fossil Birds

[14]: The Upper Pliocene Avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and Biogeography

[15]: Diversity of pseudo-toothed birds (Pelagornithidae) from the Eocene of Antarctica