Remyrcris

==Appearance==
Remyrcris is a small Bird Wyvern that lost its feathers on the tail. The body is slender with relatively wide wings with light grey feathers on the front and dark grey ones at the back. The monster's plumage on its chest has a steel blue spot, while the neck feathers in the front are purple-ish. The tail is covered in beige scales and the tip has several small, black spikes. Remyrcris possesses small, hooked talons on the yellow feet. The Bird Wyvern's long, narrow beak has a little overbite, the upper part is jagged while on the lower beak it's only slightly. Remyrcris' crest's color is different in each locale, the form stays the same appearing like a sickle moon with both ends showing upwards.
==Habitat and Ecology==
Remyrcris lives in small groups in mostly rocky terrain and builds nests on ledges of cliffs and stone walls. Sometimes they venture into caves as well, most of the time it is found close to its nest though. With the jagged beaks and excellent climbing ability the Bird Wyvern pulls insect larvae and small lizards out of tree bark, deadwood and crevices in stone walls. Remyrcris inhabits the rocky parts of the Sagnum Woods, Dark Hain and Relentless Stream as well as the entirety of the Mountain Side and Thunderstorm Valley but seem to stay away from coastal areas.
The monster is mostly placid and ignores bigger creatures from a safe distance, but anything that comes too close to its nest is attacked relentlessly. With the tail spikes it can inject a paralyzing venom that causes many monsters to be unable to move, flying monsters or ones that climbed up the wall, where the Bird Wyvern's nest is, may even fall and receive injuries through this. The venom seems to be less potent on humans but several hits will still paralyze a hunter as well. Some other larger monsters are less susceptible as well. The monster produces it from glands in the tail and the components seem to come from certain Neopterons that it feeds on.
Because of this many, often smaller monsters avoid Remyrcris and stay away from areas known to be nesting grounds of the Bird Wyvern. It still has predators that are either immune or resistant to the paralysis or are able to ambush Remyrcris effectively. But as the small monster lives with other conspecifics closeby, this proves to be a difficult task, as any threat sighted by any individual of the group sets of an alarm for the others.
In mating season males without partners will hold strength competitions, carrying heavy rocks up in the air and letting them fall on rocks at a dedicated part of the landscape. The females observe this and choose usually the strongest male. As the place, where they drop the rocks is not inhabited by members of their species, casualties among them are very rare, but unsuspecting monsters roaming this space have been found damaged or killed by those rocks. When one male and one female have found each other they become mates and stay together all their life. About every year the couple will have two to four eggs. The male and female incubate the eggs alternately. When the chicks hatch one parent goes out for searching for food while the other keeps an eye on the area.
===Interactions with other Monsters===
*Prey:
**Small Neopteron, especially their larvae, as well as small Endemic Life or similar.
*Predators:
**Mainly bigger monsters that are able to resist or are immune to its paralysis.
==Abilities==
Remyrcris' main weapon is its tail which gets swung at a target to inflict paralysis through the spikes, but the Bird Wyvern also uses its claws and beak to attack. The monster isn't very aggressive unless provocated, but can take a hit or two without trouble. When fighting it will stay close to the ground unless it attacks with its nosedive or strike attack. When a bigger monster appears close to the nest it will attack this one instead of the hunter or smaller monster.
==Attacks==
#Beak thrust: The Bird Wyvern flies close to the target, pulls its head back to thrust it to attack.
#Claw attack: Remyrcris again comes close and lifts one claw to strike it into the opponent.
#Strike attack: It flies up a bit to attack from above trying to pull on its target with its claws.
#Nosedive: The monster takes flight and dives down on the opponent to hit it with its beak or body at full speed.
#Tail swing: Remyrcris bends its lower body backwards to take a swing with its tail and strikes it either from a side or upwards into the foe. This may cause paralysis.
==Notes==
*The weakness is water, then fire.
*The Bird Wyverns usually appear in groups of three to five but at certain times more of them may be in an area.
**When a monster or a hunter gets to close to the nest and one of them notices or when one gets attacked it will call for help. This alarms the group members in the same area.
*Remyrcris will either attack a bigger monster ignoring the perceived smaller threat when close to the nest or flee from it when it is further away from its brooding place.
==Materials==
Remyrcris Feather, Remyrcris Beak, Remyrcris Tail
==Trivia==
*The name comes from Ornorectes cristatus, the scientific name of the crested pitohui -> "Re" and "cris" and myrkyllinen (Finnish) = venomous -> "myr"
*Remyrcris is one of the monsters that is supposed to fill the role of Vespoid/Bnahabra in Monster Hunter Project Gigas.