Creature

I call it the: Avioferreus.

The creature is a predator bird, with incredibly strong wings and claws. The claws however, are not used for damaging the prey or defending the prey. They're mainly for severing essential arteries on wounded prey which the bird is incredibly adept at targeting. The Avioferreus however doesn't commence kills with targeting arteries. It's wings are designed to envelop the bird and cover up all essential parts of the bird's body. It's method of killing begins with circling the prey from high up above. It then dives to within meters of the prey and then rotates it's body, while curling it's wings it, becoming something resembling a cannonball which, because of the speed at which it is travelling, can crush large mammal skulls.

The "cocoon" that it creates with its wings protects its almost completely from damage, and is important to the young since they develop the instinct almost immidiately, and it protects them from falling damage when they try to fly, and also protects them from predators.

Since the claws are not necessary except to complete kills, the feet are created more to carry heavy loads and thus, in combination with the strong wings, the bird can support enough food for many offspring at one time. The female and the male both take turns looking after the young and hunting since there is no obvious difference physically in the two of them besides coloring. The male is typically black with bright red and blue markings, while the female, a more simple brown and white coloring.