Psittacore

Plant/Animal: Animal
Vertebrate/Invertebrate: Vertebrate
Closest Earth category: Thorapsid (protomammal)
Closest Earth relative/replacement: Feline - Cheetah
Related to: Dryth
Diet: Carnivore
Main foods: Nyfftwyn, eggs, hatchlings/young of Vylk and Bhurhan
Hunted by: none
Domesticated: No
Can it eventually be domesticated? No – some may become manageable through hand rearing but rare. They are very independent and do not form bonds.
Sub species:
Fur, scales, skin, feathers,sceathers(scale/feathers) a combination, etc: Thick skin with a feel like suede
Biome Type: Tundra/ open grassland /mountain
Height: 60cm – 2ft
Weight: 40kg - 88lb
Biggest draconium influence: black
Intelligence level: Intermediate
Live birth or egg laying? Egg laying
Gestation: 9 weeks
Incubation: 2 days
Number of young/eggs: 2 max (1 breeding cycle per year)
Young are born under developed, requiring much care, until about 8 weeks when they become competent and their beaks harden. Training in hunting techniques takes longer, usually reaching maturity and leaving parent in 2 years. Psittacor are very good mothers. Breeding age 5 yrs.
Abundancy: Common
Can people hunt them? Yes but why would you? –Don’t condone hunting for sport