Heron Wyvern
Evolved from D. fisherus, they evolved a longer jaw but to ensure better grip of their prey some of their teeth near the tip of the mouth evolved into beaks as an extension jaw creating a beak in which a hollow beak indention is made to keep the sharp curved beak folded in.The boney structure from the beak originated from their teeth which extended their jaw creating an exposed boney beak structure. They also evolved longer legs to stand on deeper water and evolved a stape which the bone originates from their skull it absorbs the vibration amplifying the sound passing through it to the nerves so sounds signals can transferred to the brain are better amplified. They also moved to zone D to avoid competition from their own kind and has a more abundant amount of prey items in the coast.
Found completely in the southern coast of zone D, they get 3 feet with a wingspan of 3.1 feet but their legs make them 4.3 feet tall. They feed on G. makari, F. clamus, D. robustus, M. tesla, R. mionsens, R. lepidoptera and dead carcasses. Standing still on the sore they wait for prey to come close to them which they then strike them and able to grip their prey easier with their beak. They would then either drag it back to the shore so they can kill it and eat it(for prey like D. robustus and R.lepidoptera) or swallow it whole on the spot. For F. clamus they would grab them then go to the shore and find a rock to break their shell to feed on the meat inside. Their tympanic ears help them sense sound of their predator (T.katharagnathus) so they are able to fight it off in a group or fly away or it can be used to help protect their young realizing there is a predator around so they are able to move young to safety. They are only able to fly short distances and usually also run with their long legs. Their defense is simple using their beaks to poke the wings or the eyes of their predator as well as using their talons to scratch their predator aiming for the head and wings. They are found in sparse groups of 2-8
When breeding males would clean an area of land (1 meter diameter) calling( using their throat to manipulate the sounds) for a female. Once a female comes it will display is wings and open its crest feathers and jump and hop around. If the female accepts the males mating ritual they would then mate and the female would fly off. The female would build their nest in the beach with the male helping to protect their eggs. A female can lay up to 2-7 eggs but only 2-5 surviving. Once the egg hatch the female would take care of the young until they grew into young adults (in 1 year from hatchling to subadult).The female would teach her younglings how to fly when they are subadult and then chase them off the nest so they can fend for themselves. Males usually have a iridescent blue crest with red tips with the rest of the body light blue-white and having blueish feathers in color while females are paler light blue-white with slightly blue feathers (to allow better contrast to the beach or the sky as the white feathers can possibly help them blend in to the sky as they usually stand on the water so when their prey look up they do not see a brown ball of fluff above them and its less noticeable)