Kig-yar

The kig-yar (Forerunner designation: Perosus latrunculus, Latin for "hateful bandit") are an avian species native to the planet Eayn. Following their assimilation into the Covenant, the kig-yar served as the hegemony's privateer force until its dissolution in. Many went on to aid its remnants as mercenaries, privateers, and pirates, though the majority stayed independent of any such factions.