Population: 1 individual

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Size: around 60cm long, 125cm wingspan

 

Diet: small birds, mammals, and reptiles

 

Call: Piercing metallic scream, like an angry stovetop kettle

 

Threat Level: Moderate

 

This SuperFauna’s unique headpiece is comprised of two main components: a long nozzle connected to a spherical, hollow (possibly chambered) air sac. The Screaming Kettlehead uses this to deadly effect as a hunting tool, ejecting jets of highly pressurised air at prey while emitting a high pitched “scream” reminiscent of a stovetop kettle. These pressurised bursts are powerful enough to turn prey into a soupy pulp, which is then sucked up through the nozzle and back into the air sac. It is speculated that the organic material ‘consumed’ in this way actually fuels the mechanism within the Kettlehead’s headpiece, suggesting its inner workings are mechanical rather than preternatural.

 

This headpiece appears to be purposefully constructed rather than organically formed, although it is unknown by whom it may have been made or how it was affixed to this native Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus) specimen. This particular individual’s headpiece is significantly deteriorated via oxidisation, suggesting the material may be of considerable age. It is fortunate that only one individual has been documented, as the sheer lethality of its hunting methods could have highly detrimental effects on the populations of local prey species should more be introduced.