Population: Anywhere between 40-60 individuals

 

Size: 10cm long, 15cm wingspan

 

Diet: N/A

 

Call: N/A

 

Threat Level: Moderate to High

 

These headless Goldcrest specimens seem to be piloted by a spectral, vaporous entity which manifests as a gaseous orb capable of advanced matter transportation. Transported matter can be both organic and inorganic, with the entity’s gaseous orb acting as a warp point for objects to pass through from one far off point to another. Matter transported in this way appears to be unaffected by the warping process and only one incident of injury has yet been attributed to Warpbirds, where the front half of an Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) specimen was found cleanly cut from its back half (likely due to a sudden diminution of the warp point through which it was passing). While a single Warpbird is capable of warping objects roughly no larger than a football, they are capable of temporarily merging their gaseous orbs together, facilitating the transportation of much larger articles.

 

The list of foreign matter transported to the Zone via Warpbirds is too extensive to list here, but the most noteworthy have been a number of SuperFauna species (including Proboscigallus resonator, Buceros capitecavo and Dinornis barbalonga), several species of exotic mammal, reptile, bird and invertebrate as well as a slew of miscellaneous inorganic objects (the largest of which being a section of derelict building originating from Russia). Given the containment of all SuperFauna to the Zone’s protective atmosphere, Warpbirds seems to act as vital conduits between these isolated habitats.

 

While they have been a catalyst for revelatory discoveries, namely that there are very likely other inhabitable SuperFauna zones dotted around Earth, their ultimate purpose and capabilities are largely unknown. While seemingly harmless in and of themselves, their enigmatic nature along with their introduction of several harmful invasive species to Kent (most notably Scolopendra subspinipes and Latrodectus hesperus) makes them a potentially deadly threat.