Lipoptes

A flightless flaingo. This bird stands aboutly t 5 feet tall, and most of that height is leg and neck length. They live in very large groups and this is mostly their maiin means of defense. Though they can't fly they are very good runners and jumpers. The short legs act as rudders. They are not very fast swimmers, but they can swim well enough to escape predators, The worst predators are meat eating mammals, particulary the Deinognathids as well as predatory bats like Cercomoloch.