Hawk - bat / Legends Hawk - bats were reptavian creatures with a curved beak and leathery wings that could be found on urbanized worlds like Coruscant and Taris . Overview . They were believed to be one of the two only native Coruscanti species left in existence ( the Thrantcill being the other ) . Both were feared and admired , although they were considered an elegant species . To get on a hawk - bat ' s bad side could be very dangerous . As a result , very few lived in captivity . Because of this , they became a symbol for many swoop gangs and pirates . The lightsaber form Ataru was named after the hawk - bat . One of the battalions which fought under the 101st Regiment during the Clone Wars was also known as the Hawkbat Battalion . The wingspan of a hawk - bat averaged 1 . 5 meters . The wings consisted of a thin membrane stretched over a series of wing - bones . The membrane itself was studded with spiky growths . The hooked beak of a hawk - bat contained tiny teeth that could tear prey to shreds , which they found with a combination of accurate eyesight and echolocation . Flocks of hawk - bats would hunt and attack their prey as if they were one . Though they favored granite slug s and shadowmoth larvae , hawk - bats would feed on anything that moved . Even large enemies could be taken down by a large flock of hawk - bats . Though a solitary hawk - bat could prove to be a significant threat , it was weaker when it was alone . If one hawk - bat was disturbed , all of its companions would attack the aggravator at once . They usually traveled in large flocks through the pipes and lower levels of Coruscant . Every few months , they migrated despite lack of seasons within the lower levels . Because of this , many scientists came to believe that hawk - bats evolved during the ancient times of Coruscant , making them the only known species to survive Coruscant ' s urbanization . Hawk - bats hated the cold and usually stayed away from it . Many lived on power cables or in heated vents , hanging upside down from warm pipes below buildings . Like other avian species , the young of hawk - bats hatched from eggs . They lacked the exant in most avian species , but were covered in leathery skin normally found in and were thus actually reptavians . To keep their young safe during this critical period , hawk - bats would camouflage the brown and green eggs as best they could to make them appear to be mere rocks . And though the eggs may have looked abandoned by their parents , it was certain that one of them — most likely the mother — was keeping eye on the nest from a distance . Hawk - bat mothers were extremely protective of their young . Any predator who saw through the camouflage and threatened the eggs would quickly learn the full fury of a hawk - bat mother ' s wrath . When they hatched from their eggs , young hawk - bats had green skin and were fully independent . Upon reaching maturity , the hawk - bat would shed its green skin and emerge with purplish - gray skin . Hawk - bat as delicacy . Sometime before or during the Imperial Period , Ortolan chef Handree Braman discovered that hawk - bat flesh was edible . He recommended cooking it at 1 , 000 degrees for no more than twenty minutes . Many beings found hawk - bat meat delicious , and hawk - bat eggs were considered a delicacy . Emperor Palpatine had a private aviary of hawk - bats in the Imperial Palace on Coruscant , where he and guests could have hawk - bats at their leisure . Hawk - bats managed to survive the Yuuzhan Vong War , and seem to have adapted to Coruscant ' s newly introduced biological components .