Bird
Aptornis
Aptornis was a robust flightless bird with a powerful head and bill.
Aptornis was a robust flightless bird with a powerful head and bill. Its heavy body and reduced flight apparatus distinguish it from a scaled-up flying seabird.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Aptornis at a glance
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Its anatomy is interpreted as consistent with a broader range of plant and animal food.
- When it lived
- Holocene
- Group
- Aves
- Aves
Beyond the game
The real Aptornis
Aptornis was a robust flightless bird with a powerful head and bill. Its heavy body and reduced flight apparatus distinguish it from a scaled-up flying seabird.
The selected species is Aptornis defossor, an extinct adzebill. Its powerful bill and reduced flight apparatus gave it a very different body plan from a flying seabird.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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