J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, a race of magical creatures called Veela appear as extraordinarily beautiful women, but turn into frightening bird-like creatures when angered. Vergere in The New Jedi Order book series in the Star Wars expanded universe is of the Fosh species, capable of producing tears that can be used as poison or healing. The Rito in The Legend of Zelda game series. The Shi'ar from Marvel Comics, a species of cold-blooded humanoids of avian descent; they resemble humans with feathered crests atop their heads in lieu of hair. The Tirkin from the Xenoblade Chronicles series, a type of enemy which are shown to be able to use tools and are capable of speech. The Illyrians from A Court of Thorns And Roses series by Sarah J. Maas. They are a warrior race of faeries living in the mountains. Illyrians have wings similar to bat wings. Birdperson, a character from the television series Rick and Morty, is a tall humanoid with two giant eagle wings. He is later renamed "Phoenixperson." Prince Vultan's hawkmen from the 1980 space opera film Flash Gordon. Turians from the Mass Effect series, a warrior race with avian features. Arakkoas from the World of Warcraft expansions (first appearing in WoW: Burning Crusade), a bird humannoid race with avian features. Papi, a harpy from the manga series Monster Musume. The Garuda from 'NanoMorphosis' by Marla L. Anderson are a wingless bird-like alien race. See also List of piscine and amphibian humanoids List of reptilian humanoids References External links — This cites . — a story from a story teller of the Bird Clan of East Central Alabama that parallels the evolution of birds from dinosaurs Anthropomorphic animals - Legendary birds Lists of fictional humanoid species