Teratornithidae

[Muerte]

  What creature is this?

  Why does it belong in this forum?

  What other cryptid is it thought to be?

  Those are the questions ladies and gent's ( and vamp's and weres ) so get busy, what are the answers.

[Syris]

It belings here because they are supposedly extinct overly large condors.  They might have been believed to be the thunderbirds???....i think

[ravinclaw]

Syris hit the nail on the head.
The main difference with condors, other than size, is the teratornithidae was preditory and condors are scavengers.

[Syris]

Firstly, I just want to say sorry for being away but I'm currently deployed to somewhere with limited internet and phone services.  Secondly thank you Ravin, the only reason I knew about them was when I was younger I went through a "I love extinct (animanimals!) phase" that lasted for almost a year and a half.

[ravinclaw]

Yeah, me too, I think all kids do.

and welcome back, its good to hear from you again.