---
title: "Terror Bird"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.YxxgtGojRs88dDVK" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/animal
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/2
statblock: inline
name: "Terror Bird"
level: 2
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 3"
name: "Terror Bird"
level: "Creature 2"

alignment: ""
size: "Large"
trait_01: [[animal]]
modifier: 6
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+6; Low-Light Vision"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +9, Athletics: +10"
abilityMods: [4, 3, 3, -4, 0, 0]
speed: 50 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 3_"
ac: 17
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "17; __Fort__ +11, __Ref__ +9, __Will__ +4"
hp: 30
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "30"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Beak"
    desc: "+10 (reach 10 feet)\n__Damage__  1d8 + 4 piercing plus tearing-clutch"

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Talon"
    desc: "+10 (agile)\n__Damage__  1d6 + 4 piercing plus knockdown"

  - name: "Sprint"
    desc: "`pf2:2`  **Frequency** once per minute\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The terror bird Strides three times in a straight line."

  - name: "Tearing Clutch"
    desc: "  The terror bird's powerful beak can tear through flesh. On a successful beak Strike, the target takes 1 bleed damage. This bleed damage increases to 1d4 bleed on a critical hit."

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Knockdown|Knockdown]]"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  **Requirements** The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Knockdown in its damage entry\n* * *\n\n**Effect** The monster attempts to [[/act trip]] the creature. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the monster's multiple attack penalty."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Terror Bird
creatures:
  - 1: Terror Bird
```



Common terror birds, also known as axe beaks, are notable hunters. On their own, they use their great speed to catch prey unawares. In a flock, they can swarm larger beasts like aurochs and take them down with overwhelming numbers.

* * *

Terror birds aren't one species but rather a family of deadly, flightless avian predators. All terror birds are capable of bursts of great speed and have powerful beaks that can tear apart the flesh of their prey. Most stalk large, open prairies and steppes, competing directly with other sizable predators such as large cats and wolves.
