Imagination can be a truely wonderful thing. The pure variety of flighted creatures gives room for pause as you look through this page. From birds small enough to fit within your hand to birds large enough to saddle and ride. Perhaps all of us have wished at one time or another to fly. If you find a mistake within our pages, please dont hestitate to let us know. nyx wishes you well.
Flighted bird found at the ground level of the rainforest; it is insectivorous.
In the ground zone, and on the ground itself, are
certain birds, some flighted, like the hook-billed gort, which preys largely on rodents,
such as ground urts, and the insectivorous whistling finch, and some unflighted, like the
grub borer and lang gim.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
Large hook-billed bird that hunts at night.
My master looked upward, at the moons. From through
the trees, on the other side of the camp, came what I took to be the sound of a bird, the
hook-billed, night-crying fleer, which preys on nocturnal forest urts.
Slave Girl of Gor, page 117
A bird that inhabits the emergent level of the rainforests of Schendi.
In the level of the emergents there live primarily
birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
Yellow bird with long wings and a sharp bill; sometimes called the 'maize bird' or 'corn bird' from the belief that it is usually the first bird to find food.
The fleer is a large, yellow, long-billed,
gregarious, voracious bird of teh Barres. It is sometimes also called the Cord Bird or the
Maize Bird.
Savages of Gor, page 246
A bird that inhabits the canopy zone of the rainforests of the Schendi area.
In the second level, that of the canopies, is found
an incredible variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common
lit, the fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
Migratory bird that nests on cliffs in the Hrimgar Mountains, the southern border of the polar north. When frozen, their eggs are eaten like apples.
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Book 12, page 196
A bird related to the marsh gant that inhabits the river in rainforests inland of Schendi.
Along the river, of course, many other species of
birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged
waders.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
A small long-legged horned bird; broad-billed and broad-winged; hunted by marsh girls its cry is imitated by the rence people as a surreptitious means of communication.
I heard a bird some fourty or fifty yards to my
right; it sounded like a marsh gant, a small, horned, web-footed aquatic fowl,
broad-billed and broad-winged. Marsh girls, the daughters of rence growers, sometimes hunt
them with throwing sticks.
Raiders of Gor, page 4
A small purplish owl-like bird with tufts over eyes c. 4 oz. in weight which inhabits the forests of northern Gor.
It was a small bird, about the size of a sparrow, but
it looked a bit like a tiny owl, with tufts over its eyes. It was purplish. It looked at
me quizzically. It was perched on some split piping.
Captive of Gor, page 39
A bird that inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
In the ground zone, and on the ground itself, are
certain birds, some flighted, like the hook-billed gort, which preys largely on rodents,
such as ground urts, and the insectivorous whistling finch, and some unflighted, like the
grub borer and lang gim.
Book 13, page 311
A bird related to the horned gim that inhabits the second level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
In the second level, that of the canopies, is found
an incredible variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common
lit, the fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
An insectivorous bird that inhabits the ground level of rainforests inland of Schendi.
In the ground zone, and on the ground itself, are
certain birds, some flighted, like the hook-billed gort, which preys largely on rodents,
such as ground urts, and the insectivorous whistling finch, and some unflighted, like the
grub borer and lang gim.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
Found in Torvaldsland is this broad winged bird with black tips on its wings and tail feathers, similar to the Vosk gull. Its feathers are used on the war arrows of Torvaldsland.
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Book 9, page 235
Inhabiting the area around Schendi on the Thassa, they nest on land at night.
"Those are Schendi gulls,"said Ulafi,
pointing to birds which circled the mainmast. "They nest on land at night."
Book 13, page 99
A gull of the Vosk Delta and Vosk River. Its feathers are used on sheaf arrows. It winters on the prairies of the Wagon Peoples and flies north in the spring, when the ice breaks up.
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Book 4, page 137
A large broad-winged bird of the Barrens. It is carnivorous and has yellow feathers tipped with black. Also called 'Sun-Striker' or 'out-of-the-sun-it-strikes' for its habit of striking with the sun above and behind it.
It was peeled Ka-la-na wood and, from its top, there
dangled two long, narrow, yellow, black-tipped feathers, from teh tail of the taloned
Herlit, a large, broad-winged, carnivorous bird, sometimes in Gorean called the Sun
Striker, or, more literally, though in clumsier English, Out-of-the-sun-it-strikes,
presumably from its habit of maing its descent and strike on prey, like the tarn, with the
sun above and behind it.
Savages of Gor, page 143
a bird of the Northern Forest, it beats with a sharp beak against trees to hunt for larvae.
Somewhere, far off, but carrying throug the forest,
was the rapid, staccato slap of the sharp beak of the yellow-breasted hermit bird,
pounding into the reddish bark of the tur tree, hunting for larvae.
Hunters of Gor, page 106
a carnivorous hunting bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi; preys on ground urts.
In the ground zone, and on the ground itself, are certain birds, some
flighted, like the hook-billed gort, which preys largely on rodents, such as ground urts,
and the insectivorous whistling finch, and some unflighted, like the grub borer and lang
gim.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
a small scavenger bird that flies in large flocks. A flock can strip the meat from a tabuk in seconds. Found near Lydius.
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Book 12: Beasts of Gor, page 149
a bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible
variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the
fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
a brightly plumaged bird found in the second level of rainforests in the Schendi area.
In the second level, that of the canopies, is found an incredible
variety of birds, warblers, finches, mindars, the crested lit and the common lit, the
fruit tindel, the yellow gim, tanagers, some varieties of parrot, and many more.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
a bird found in the emergent (highest level) of rainforests in the Schendi area.
In the level of the emergents there live primarily birds, in particular
parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits.
Book 13, page 311
a short-winged yellow and red bird of the rainforests inland of Schendi. It has a sharp bill that it uses to drill into the bark of flower trees for larvae and grubs.
Kisu pointed overhead. "See the mindar," he said.
We looked up and saw a brightly plumaged, short-winged, sharp-billed bird. It was yellow
and red.
"That is a forest bird," said Kisu.
The mindar is adapted for short, rapid flights, almost spurts, its wings beating in sudden
flurries, hurrying it from branch to branch, for camouflage in flower trees, and for
drilling the bark of such trees for larvae and grubs.
Explorers of Gor, page 282
A bird found in the emergent level of the rainforest some varieties are also found in the level of the canopies of the rainforest.
In the level of the emergents there live primarily
birds, in particular parrots, long-billed fleers, and needle-tailed lits.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
crested hawk-like bird large enough to be saddled and flown, it is used in battle and in racing and is bred for swiftness and aggressiveness.
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Tarnsman of Gor, page 51
Tarn, Racing
A tarn that is lighter and smaller than normal tarns. Used for racing, its wings are shorter and broader than other tarns and its beak lighter and narrower.
The racing tarn, interestingly, is an extremely light
bird; two men can lift one; even its beak is norrower and lighter than the beak of a
common tarn or war tarn; its wings are commonly broader and shorter than those of other
tarns, permitting a swifter take off and providing a capacity for extremely abrupt turns
and shifts in flight; they cannot carry a great deal of weight and the riders, as might be
expected, are small men, usually of low caste, pugnacious and aggressive.
Assassin of Gor, page 144
a small, thin-legged bird that lives on tiny mollusks found on the shores of Thassa.
I heard the cry of sea birds, broad-winged gulls and
the small, stick-legged tibits, pecking in the sand for tiny mollusks.
Hunters of Gor, page 247
a water bird that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Along the river, of course, many other species of
birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged
waders.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
large flightless bird about the size of an ostrich having a long hooked beak; carnivorous.
I saw one of the tumits, a large, flightless bid
whose hooked beak, as long as my forearm, attested only too clearly to its gustatory
habits.
Nomads of Gor, page 2
bird that lives in the lower canopies of rainforest near Schendi.
In the lower portion of the canopies, too, can be
found heavier birds, such as the ivory-billed woodpecker and the umbrella bird.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
long-legged, wading bird near the Schendi; long, white, curling feathers used for headdresses.
His head was surmounted by an elaborate headdress,
formed largely from the long, white, curling feathers of the Ushindi fisher, a
long-legged, wading bird.
Explorers of Gor, page 236
a bird with a beautiful song not otherwise described.
Perhaps in one of these times, due to no fault of
Mistress he was charmed by her voice, as by the songs of the veminium bird..
Magicians of Gor, page 363
a tawny-colored poultry bird similar to a pigeon that also exists in the wild; used for meat and eggs.
She was a peasant, barefoot, her garment little more
than coarse sacking. She had been carrying a wicker basket containing vulos, domesticated
pigeons raised for eggs and meat.
Nomads of Gor, page 1
a variety of water birds that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Along the river, of course, many other species of
birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged
waders.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
a variety of water birds that inhabits the rivers of the rainforests inland of Schendi.
Along the river, of course, many other species of
birds may be found, such as jungle gants, tufted fishers and ring-necked and yellow-legged
waders.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
bird found in the lower canopies of the rainforests near Schendi
In the lower portion of the canopies, too, can be
found heavier birds, such as the ivory-billed woodpecker and the umbrella bird.
Explorers of Gor, page 311
a large broad-winged black and white bird with a long, narrow, yellowish, hooked beak found in the Tahari; they scavenge on carrion.
I heard, a short time later, wings, the alighting of
one or more large birds. Such birds, broad-winged, black and white, from afar, follow the
marches to Klima; their beaks, yellowish, narrow, are long and slightly hooked at the end,
useful for probing and tearing.
The birds scattered, squawking, as a Kaiila sped past. The birds are called zads.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 232
a less aggressive cousin of the Tahari zad; small, yellow-winged, scavenging birds with long, yellowish, slightly curved beaks; found in the rainforest inland of Schendi.
One was atacked even by zads, clinging to it and
tearing at it with their long, yellowish, slightly curved beaks. These were jungle zads.
They are less to be feared than desert zads, I believe, being less aggressive. They do,
however, share one ugly habit with the desert zad, that of tearing out the eyes of
weakened victims. That serves as a practical guarantee that the victim, usually an animal,
will die.
Explorers of Gor, page 415
a small, tawny-feathered, sharp- billed bird of the Tahari. It is insectivorous, feeding on sand flies and other similar insects. They often land on kaiila and spend long periods hunting the sand flies that infest the host animal.
The zadit is a small, tawny-feathered, sharp-billed
bird. It feeds on insects. When sand flies and other insects, emergent after rains, infest
kaiila, they frequently alight on the animals, and remain on them for some hours, hunting
insects.
Tribesmen of Gor, page 152
