Sickle Vulture

The sickle vulture is a giant, flightless, Phorusrhacos/Utahraptor-like descendant of the Turkey vulture that is the predator/scavenger of Arizona's subtropical grasslands. It developed an enlarge sickle-like claw of each foot, similar to the dromaeosaurid dinosaurs that died out at the end of the Mesozoic. It has the large horn-like crest on its head and a large, sharp-toothed beak. It preys on Moa-like geese, giant cow-sized lagomorphs, and even fish.