Profanornis Sordicus

Profanornis sordicus were a species of gruesome carrion stork that stood from three to four feet at the hip. While they mostly fed on carrion meat, they were also known to hunt lizards, large insects, unguarded chicks and young dinosaurs. Nesting in the brush, their young hatched already capable of feeding themselves. Despite this, for their first year of life they remained with their parents for protection. This was necessary, as sordicus were so indiscriminate in their feeding that other sordicus adults were just as big of a threat as other predators. Their curved lower jaws could scoop up small prey, or to move cover to access invertebrates underneath. The males' crests turned blueish in breeding season.