New Flycatcher Wyvern
Aquadracius neoboriginii, the New Flycatcher Wyvern, is a descendant of Aquadracius katoterrus that has taken back into the skies to occupy a niche nearly-identical to what Aquadracius aboriginii held: terrorizer of small flying moxipods. Although the first flying moxipod species on Chamegia, Folioslontopteryx achiensis, has since gone extinct, Folioslontopteryx flavos is still on the menu.
The New Flycatcher Wyvern remains at similar size proportions as its ancestor, but it is slightly smaller at thirty-five centimeters (35 cm) in length, including the tail, with a wingspan of fifty centimeters (50 cm) from tip to tip. Its short tail and short wingspan allow it much more maneuverability, which enables it to twist and turn around the trees and catch Folioslontopteryx flavos in midflight. To compensate for small wing size, they use arm muscles to flap them quickly while in flight and achieve speeds of thirty miles per hour (30 mph). This takes some energy on long flights but it does not usually require to travel long distances, as its food source is abundant and reproduces quickly.
New Flycatcher Wyverns usually live in communities of five to ten (5-10) members, but swarm up to twelve-hundred (1200) individuals in the spring for breeding season. Due to their relatively small size, safety is in numbers, and predators that like to snack on them or their eggs are Anoteroslontus sarafacornis, Big-Eared Rovett (Valkyriesaurus megalotis), Dracowyverious stercorarius, Magnificent Plumespinus (Spinadraguanga magnificens), Spinadraguanga spinagatorus, Valkyriesaurus aquacanthus, and Varanusuchus eggus. If one is attacked by a predator, it will screech and profusely flap its wings, bringing attention to the rest of its comrades, who will swarm around the predator and nip at its back and neck until it goes away.
Like their ancestor, New Flycatcher Wyverns come in a variety of colors. Blue is the most common color, as it helps to blend in with the sky above while also being a noticeable display. It is followed by green, which can blend in with leaves but does not seem as threatening due to the color being common in nature. Red is the rarest color, as even though it stands out, it does not camouflage from Folioslontopteryx flavos and is also more noticeable by predators.
During breeding season, males flash their colored wings as a sign of dominance to attract a female. Females also have the wing coloration to aid in scaring off predators, but only the males have nasal warts. After a mate is chosen, each pair will dig a den around the base of a tree, and the female will lay a clutch of two to four (2-4) eggs. The chicks will be cared for by the parents in the nest for around eight weeks (8 wks), and they will stay around with the community for another twelve weeks (12 wks) before leaving to join another group.
