Ona

—Kulinda, after the Lion Guard saves her baby[src] | ”

**Ona** is a female hamerkop. She is the daughter of Kulinda.

When a harrier hawk named Mpishi arrived in the Pride Lands, Kulinda left her egg in Ono's care. Eventually, the egg hatched to reveal a female baby hamerkop. Ono proceeded to care for the hatchling and often struggled to reign in her rambunctious nature. Eventually, Mpishi spotted the baby hamerkop and attempted to eat her. However, through the efforts of the Lion Guard, the baby was saved and reunited with her mother, who named her "Ona" in Ono's honor.

## Biography

### Babysat by Ono

When Kulinda the hamerkop noticed Ono chasing a harrier hawk named Mpishi through the Pride Lands, she shielded her nest and worried what would become of her egg with such a dangerous predator in the area. After the Lion Guard sent the hawk away, Kulinda watched them in fascination and decided that Ono would make the perfect babysitter for her egg. Without consulting him, she carried her egg to his nest and deposited it among the twigs.

Later that day, the Lion Guard led Ono back to his nest and praised him for a hard day's work. Ono was about to settle down in his nest when he felt Kulinda's egg and realized that a hamerkop had left an egg in his nest. He reacted with confusion, wondering why a hamerkop would abandon its egg, and Kion resolved to find the mother and clear up the confusion. Ono commented that the egg was close to hatching and required someone to sit on it in order to keep it warm. Bunga volunteered to keep the egg warm, but Ono worried that he would be too rough with it and so decided to sit on the egg himself.

While Ono was sitting on the egg, it suddenly hatched beneath him. A female baby hamerkop emerged and began to imprint on Ono, to his dismay. Shortly afterward, the baby hamerkop chased a bug out of Ono's nest, and Ono was forced to pursue her across the savanna.

Ono continued to chase the baby hamerkop, who strayed dangerously close to a raging river. Ono managed to save the hatchling just in time and proceeded to scold her for having run away from him. He tried to convince her to return to the safety of his nest, but she indicated that she was too tired for the return journey. Giving in to her demands, Ono led the baby hamerkop into some tall grass and fell asleep with her tucked underneath his wing.

Meanwhile, the Lion Guard arrived at Ono's nest, only to find it empty. Kulinda began to frantically call for her baby, and the baby hamerkop followed her mother's cries to Ono's nest, where the two finally met each other for the first time. Mother and daughter began to imprint on one another, and Ono watched in delight, happy to see his charge safe once more. After the imprint was complete, Kulinda thanked Ono for his help, and he warned her that baby hamerkops could get very distracted by insects. No sooner had he said this when he realized that the baby hamerkop had gone missing again, and he and the rest of Lion Guard rushed off to save her from danger.

Ono scoped out the area for the baby hamerkop and spotted her wandering near the river. Fuli attempted to save the baby hamerkop from danger but arrived too late to stop her from falling into the raging water. With no time to lose, the Lion Guard and Kulinda pursued the baby hamerkop down the river, only to watch in horror as Mpishi grasped the baby in her talons and took off for the safety of the skies.

Kulinda and Ono attempted to thwart Mpishi's plans, but Mpishi worked with Mwoga to keep the baby hamerkop from falling back into the Lion Guard's grasp. From the ground, Bunga worked out how he could help Kulinda and Ono, and climbed a tree in order to reach the feuding birds. He managed to knock Mwoga from the sky, but Mpishi only took the baby hamerkop from him and swooped out of harm's way once more.

As Ono watched Mpishi fly away, he figured out how he and Kulinda could work together, and the two flanked her from the front and the back, forcing her to drop the baby. Mpishi crashed unceremoniously to the ground, where she was surrounded by the Lion Guard and forced to return to her own territory. After the rescue, Kulinda thanked Ono and named her daughter "Ona" in his honor. The three then performed the imprinting dance together, as Ono was considered part of their family.

### Ono's visit

After the Lion Guard returned from the Tree of Life, Ono visited Ona and Kulinda. Together, the three performed the family dance.

## Physical appearance

As a hatchling, Ona was quite small. She had fluffy gray feathers, with brown markings on her wings and tail. She had a blue beak, thin black eyebrows, blue legs, and brown eyes.

After growing into a nestling, Ona became larger, taller, and thinner. Her feathers are dark brown, and she has orange wingtips with red markings on the tops of her wings.

## Personality and traits

Ona is disobedient and rambunctious. Ono often struggled to keep up with her endless energy, ample curiosity, and tendency to cause trouble. Despite her mischievous nature, Ona is caring and loving, and harbors a particular fondness for Ono.

## Relationships

Allies* Lion Guard
	+ Ono - Savior and Father Figure
	+ Kion
	+ Fuli
	+ Bunga
	+ Beshte
* Mwoga - Attempted Killer

## Appearances

* *The Lion King: Revisited*
	+ "The Rise of Scar"
	+ "Return to the Pride Lands"
	+ "Epilogue: An Important Coronation"

## Trivia

* Ona's name means "see, observe" or "believe" or "feel, sense" in Swahili.