Chilean Toothgull

In Greek and Latin words for pelagic bird.

A relative of modern seagulls, Pelagornis is instantly recognizable from the more common terns and gulls by its size, than the albatross. With a wingspan rivaling Argentavis, it also possesses a beak filled with tooth-like projections for snagging fish, as well as webbed feet for paddling upon the ocean surface when it must rest its wings.

Pelagornis uses their sharp tooth-like or knob-like extensions of the bill's margin, called "pseudo-teeth," which would have enabled the living animal to better grip and grasp slippery prey and piercing unprotected parts of the body.

Because of their ability to fly, ranged or magic weaponry is recommended.

When on water, Pelagornis lands safely and becomes a fast swimmer. Soaring above the oceans and mountains of what's now Chile between five and ten million years ago, the newly discovered species, named Pelagornis chilensis, was part of a prehistoric group known as the bony-toothed birds. The hollow spikes on the birds' beaks allowed the predators to grab slippery squid and fish from the ocean.

Pelagornis are naturally shy creatures that will fly away at the first sign of conflict.

Fossils of Pelagornis have been found in.

• Movement Pattern: Full Migrant

• Individual Type: Solo and Gather

• Population Trend: Stable

• Population: ???

• Locomotion: Versatile

• Habitat: Taiga; Montane Grasslands and Shrublands; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Subtropical Coniferous Forests; Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Salt Flats; Stone Forest; Tropical Coniferous Forests; Tropical Moist Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Dry Broadleaf Forests; Tropical Grasslands; Tropical Savannas and Shrublands; Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub; Mushroom Forests; Mushroom Fields; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands; Badlands; Flooded Grasslands and Savannas; Swamp; Bayous/Billabongs; Riparian; Wetland; Mangrove Forest; Cold Bamboo Forests; Tropical Bamboo Forests; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Graveyard Vale; Mountain; Sky; Warm River; Cold River; Lukewarm River; Subterranean River; Warm Pond; Cold Pond; Aquifer; Warm Littoral; Cold Littoral; Warm Intertidal; Cold Intertidal.

• Earth: 

  • Extinct: Argentina; Bolivia; Chile; Peru; Uruguay

Pelagornis will not eat normal raw or cooked meats, rather than eat dead fish both chick and adult only brought by a survivor.

 It is not clear whether the South American fossils – of similar size and age and not including directly comparable bones – are from one or two species. The only known Pelagornis in South America.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagornis

• https://carnivora.net/pelagornis-chilensis-t250.html

• https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Pelagornis-chilensis-n-sp-from-the-Miocene-of-the-Bahia-Inglesa-Formation-holotype_fig1_233144638

• https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1223911?ref=sea-birds

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Pelagornis-chilensis-888768622