10 TEN EXTINCT BIRDS OF PREY/OWLS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF! 

Yes I think those extinct condors/vultures you're referring to are the Teratorns? and yes I'm aware of the Guadalupe Caracara which might be for a future video. The Isle of Flores did have some strange inhabitants including a giant Marabou stork as tall as a man

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your welcome@@Peregrinus8375

Aspects of this taxonomic description you've made are incorrect and outdated. Look anywhere online and you'll find that Caracaras are actually part of the Falconidae family, Eagles are actually part of the Accipitriformes group along with hawks, buzzards, etc. and Falconiformes does not encompass the bird of prey family as a whole

@Peregrinus8375, no they're not, there are only thirty valid extant orders of birds: Tinamiformes (Tinamous), Struthioniformes (Ostriches), Rheiformes (Rheas), Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu), Apterygiformes (Kiwis), Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzin), Falconiformes (Birds of Prey), Galliformes (Gamebirds), Anseriformes (Waterfowl), Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeter, Rails, Crakes, Sora, Gallinules, Nativehens, Swamphens, Moorhen, Watercock, Coots, Finfoots, Flufftails, Woodrails, and Forest Rails), Charadriiformes (Shorebirds), Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills), Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu), Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels), Podicipediformes (Grebes), Gaviiformes (Loons), Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos), Sphenisciformes (Penguins), Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse), Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves), Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Turacos, Bustards, and Mesites), Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, Pauraques, Owlet Nightjars, Frogmouths, Potoos, and Oilbird), Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds), Strigiformes (Owls), Trogoniformes (Trogons), Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds), Coraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, and Scimitarbills), Coliiformes (Mousebirds), Psittaciformes (Parrots), and Passeriformes (Passerines). Birds are split into four superorders: Palaeognathae, Palaeoaves, Aequornithes, and Telluraves, the Palaeognathae superorder is split into the grandorders Tinamimorphae (Tinamous and Fossil Relatives) and Struthionimorphae (Ratites), the tinamous (order Tinamiformes) are the sole extant order of the Tinamimorphae grandorder, while ratites (grandorder Struthionimorphae) are divided into the mirorders Struthionorheae (Holotropical Ratites) for the orders Struthioniformes and Rheiformes and Casuarioapterygae (Oceanian Ratites) for the orders Casuariiformes and Apterygiformes, the Palaeoaves superorder contains the orders Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes, the Aequornithes superorder is split into the grandorders Gruicharadriae, Ciconiopelecanae, and Procellariimorphae, the Gruicharadriae grandorder contains the orders Gruiformes and Charadriiformes, the Ciconiopelecanae grandorder contains the orders Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes, and the Procellariimorphae grandorder is divided into the mirorders Procellariae for only the order Procellariiformes, Gaviopodicipedae for the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, and Phoenicopterospheniscae for the orders Phoenicopteriformes and Sphenisciformes, and the Telluraves superorder is split into the grandorders Columbimorphae, Furitivornithes, and Coraciopasserea, the Columbimorphae grandorder contains the orders Pteroclidiformes and Columbiformes, the Furitivornithes grandorder contains the orders Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Strigiformes, and the Coraciopasserea grandorder is divided into the mirorders Coraciimorphae for the orders Trogoniformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes and Passerimorphae for the orders Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes. According to here, the falcons, kestrels, hobbies, falconets, montanaguila, caracaras, new world vultures, hawks, buzzards, harriers, kites, ospreys, old world vultures, eagles, secretarybird, and seriemas along with the extinct brontornithids, dromornithids, gastornithids, terror birds, and teratorns all belong to only one order, which is Falconiformes, the order is more closely related to both gamebirds (order Galliformes) and waterfowl (order Anseriformes) than to any other bird alive today, all three extant orders constitute the clade Eufalconimorphae, which belongs to the superorder Palaeoaves that also contains the hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), which is the sole living member of the order Opisthocomiformes, this makes birds of prey (order Falconiformes) some of the oldest birds alive today.

@Peregrinus8375, caracaras are a separate but closely related family to Falconidae, both caracaras and falconids belong to the superfamily Falconoidea, so you should look at all of the thirty extant orders of birds and the families that they are split into right here: List of bird orders: 1) Tinamiformes (contains 1 family: Tinamidae) 2) ⁠⁠Struthioniformes (contains 1 family: Struthionidae) 3) Rheiformes (contains 1 family: Rheidae) 4) ⁠⁠Casuariiformes (contains 2 families: Dromaiidae and Casuariidae) 5) Apterygiformes (contains 1 family: Apterygidae) 6) Opisthocomiformes (contains 1 family: Opisthocomidae) 7) ⁠⁠Falconiformes (contains 9 families: Cariamidae, Sagittariidae, Aquilidae, Accipitridae, Pandionidae, Aegypiidae, Caracaridae, Falconidae, and Cathartidae) 8) Galliformes (contains 9 families: Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Numididae, Rollulidae, Phasianidae, Odontophoridae, Perdicidae, Tetraonidae, and Gallidae) 9) ⁠⁠Anseriformes (contains 6 families: Anhimidae, Anseranatidae, Anseridae, Dendrocygnidae, Anatidae, and Mergidae) 10) ⁠⁠Gruiformes (contains 6 families: Sarothuridae, Heliornithidae, Rallidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae, and Gruidae) 11) Charadriiformes (contains 20 families: Pedionomidae, Turnicidae, Thinocoridae, Rostratulidae, Jacanidae, Scolopacidae, Charadriidae, Pluvianellidae, Recurvirostridae, Ibidorhynchidae, Haematopodidae, Glareolidae, Dromadidae, Pluvianidae, Burhinidae, Chionidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Sternidae, and Alcidae) 12) ⁠⁠Ciconiiformes (contains 3 families: Threskiornithidae, Ardeidae, and Ciconiidae) 13) ⁠⁠Pelecaniformes (contains 10 families: Rhynochetidae, Eurypygidae, Scopidae, Balaenicipitidae, Phaethontidae, Sulidae, Fregatidae, Anhingidae, Phalacrocoracidae, and Pelecanidae) 14) ⁠⁠Procellariiformes (contains 4 families: Oceanitidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, and Procellariidae) 15) ⁠⁠Podicipediformes (contains 1 family: Podicipedidae) 16) ⁠⁠Gaviiformes (contains 1 family: Gaviidae) 17) Phoenicopteriformes (contains 1 family: Phoenicopteridae) 18) ⁠⁠Sphenisciformes (contains 1 family: Spheniscidae) 19) Pteroclidiformes (contains 1 family: Pteroclididae) 20) Columbiformes (contains 1 family: Columbidae) 21) Cuculiformes (contains 4 families: Musophagidae, Cuculidae, Otididae, and Mesitornithidae) 22) ⁠⁠Caprimulgiformes (contains 5 families: Caprimulgidae, Aegotgelidae, Podargidae, Nyctibiidae, and Steatornithidae) 23) Apodiformes (contains 3 families: Hemiprocnidae, Apodidae, and Trochilidae) 24) ⁠⁠Strigiformes (contains 2 families: Tytonidae and Strigidae) 25) ⁠⁠Trogoniformes (contains 1 family: Trogonidae) 26) Piciformes (contains 9 families: Bucconidae, Galbulidae, Indicatoridae, Picidae, Megalaimidae, Lybiidae, Semnornithidae, Capitonidae, and Ramphastidae) 27) Coraciiformes (contains 10 families: Coraciidae, Brachypteraciidae, Leptosomidae, Todidae, Momotidae, Meropidae, Alcedinidae, Upupidae, Phoeniculidae, and Bucerotidae) 28) Coliiformes (contains 1 family: Coliidae) 29) Psittaciformes (contains 8 families: Nestoridae, Strigopidae, Nymphicidae, Cacatuidae, Pezoporidae, Psittaculidae, Psittacidae, and Aridae) 30) Passeriformes (contains 145 families: Acanthisittidae, Pittidae, Philepittidae, Sapayoidae, Eurylaimidae, Calyptomenidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Tityridae, Tyrannidae, Melanopareiidae, Conopophagidae, Thamnophilidae, Grallariidae, Rhinocryptidae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Menuridae, Atrichornithidae, Climacteridae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pomatostomidae, Orthonychidae, Maluridae, Dasyornithidae, Meliphagidae, Pardalotidae, Acanthizidae, Cinclostomatidae, Campephagidae, Mohouidae, Neosittidae, Psophodidae, Eulacestomidae, Falcunculidae, Oreoicidae, Paramythiidae, Vireonidae, Pachycephalidae, Oriolidae, Machaerirhynchidae, Artamidae, Peltopsidae, Cracticidae, Rhagologidae, Malaconotidae, Pityriaseidae, Aegithinidae, Platysteiridae, Vangidae, Rhipiduridae, Dricruridae, Ifritidae, Monarchidae, Paradisaeidae, Corcoracidae, Melampittidae, Platylophidae, Laniidae, Corvidae, Cnemophilidae, Melanochartidae, Notiomystidae, Callaeidae, Petroicidae, Eupetidae, Chaetopidae, Picathartidae, Hyliotidae, Stenostiridae, Paridae, Remizidae, Panuridae, Alaudidae, Nicatoridae, Macrosphenidae, Cisticolidae, Acrocephalidae, Donacobiidae, Bernieridae, Pnoepygidae, Hirundinidae, Pycnonotidae, Paradoxornithidae, Sylviidae, Zosteropidae, Timaliidae, Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Phylloscopidae, Hyliidae, Aegithalidae, Erythrocercidae, Scotocercidae, Cettiidae, Regulidae, Dulidae, Bombycillidae, Ptiliogonyidae, Hylocitreidae, Hypocoliidae, Mohoidae, Tichodromidae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Polioptilidae, Troglodytidae, Elachuridae, Cinclidae, Muscicapidae, Turdidae, Buphagidae, Sturnidae, Mimidae, Promeropidae, Modulatrichidae, Nectariniidae, Diceidae, Chloropseidae, Irenidae, Peucedramidae, Urocynchramidae, Ploceidae, Viduidae, Estrildidae, Prunellidae, Passeridae, Motacillidae, Fringillidae, Rhodinocichlidae, Passerellidae, Parulidae, Icteriidae, Icteridae, Calyptophilidae, Zeledoniidae, Nesospingidae, Spindalidae, Phaenicophilidae, Calcariidae, Emberizidae, Mitrospingidae, Thraupidae, Cardinalidae, and Geospizidae) List of bird superorders: 1) ⁠⁠Palaeognathae (contains 5 extant orders: Tinamiformes, Struthioniformes, Rheiformes, Casuariiformes, and Apterygiformes) 2) ⁠⁠Palaeoaves (contains 4 extant orders: Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes) 3) Aequornithes (contains 9 extant orders: Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, Procellariiformes, Podicipediformes, Gaviiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, and Sphenisciformes) 4) ⁠⁠Telluraves (contains 12 extant orders: Pteroclidiformes, Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, Strigiformes, Trogoniformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes) List of confirmed bird grandorders: 1) Tinamimorphae (contains 1 order: Tinamiformes) 2) ⁠⁠Struthionimorphae (contains 4 orders: Struthioniformes, Rheiformes, Casuariiformes, and Apterygiformes) 3) Gruicharadriae (contains 2 orders: Gruiformes and Charadriiformes) 4) Ciconiopelecanae (contains 2 orders: Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes) 5) Procellariimorphae (contains 5 orders: Procellariiformes, Podicipediformes, Gaviiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, and Sphenisciformes) 6) ⁠⁠Columbimorphae (contains 2 orders: Pteroclidiformes and Columbiformes) 7) Furitivornithes (contains 4 orders: Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Strigiformes) 8) Coraciopasserea (contains 6 orders: Trogoniformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes) List of confirmed bird mirorders: 1) Struthionorheae (contains 2 orders: Struthioniformes and Rheiformes) 2) ⁠⁠Casuarioapterygae (contains 2 orders: Casuariiformes and Apterygiformes) 3) Procellariae (contains 1 order: Procellariiformes) 4) Gaviopodicipedae (contains 2 orders: Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes) 5) Phoenicopterospheniscae (contains 2 orders: Phoenicopteriformes and Sphenisciformes) 6) ⁠⁠Coraciimorphae (contains 3 orders: Trogoniformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes) 7) Passerimorphae (contains 3 orders: Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes)

@@indyreno2933 Believe what you want to believe but that isn't how current taxonomy puts it

Have you spent the last two decades under a rock? Please get up to date with scientific an genetic studies, because god you're embarassing yourself

Yes I recently saw some artwork depicting this giant owl as looking like a Great Grey Owl (though potentially open to interpretation as to what its closest relative is)-it seems the New world was full of Giant Owls back in the day!