Large desert bird. Also called Kozombus. Tarian witnesses claim to have seen many of this specie in the Duhar desert. They depict very large birds with a spike on their head.
This is how Rudor Pearlston describes them: We found a hiding place among the bushes on the shore of the lake. Before sunset, they arrived. They came to drink. I saw them clearly. They are taller than the ostriches and also heavier. They have a rigid crest on their head that is shaped like a spike. Its color is red except for the tip, which is yellow-orange in color. Their backs are covered in reddish-brown feathers. Their belly is white. The back feathers on their wings are dark blue in color. It is also the color of the tail feathers.
The locals told us that the female lays one egg every five years and incubates it for five months. She is a very protective mother; it is not advisable to approach her nest while she is incubating her egg.
To see them, you will have to go to Cumara Pond, where they come to drink. It takes two days of walking to get there from the city of Torma. Don’t go there alone; you’d better be accompanied by a local guide.
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