Aviotaur

Aviotaurs are Greek monsters that are known to live somewhere in the Sea of Monsters.

Description
Aviotaurs have the torso, head and arms of a man or woman, with the body, wings, tail and feet of a very large bird. It is remarked that, with the males, the bird physiology stops at the waist and they always seem extremely muscular, but with the females they usually have shorter feathers reaching up to their cleavage line. They have the enlarged features of a variety of birds from the waist down, ranging from eagles, to peacocks, to ospreys, to albatrosses, to even ostriches. They have two hearts. Nearly all of them are remarked to have, no matter what colour, intensely sparkling eyes. Their wings and legs are extremely powerful, creating blasts of wind with a single flap.

They are typically armed with longbows and arrows, but some carry spears and dual swords, all made of Celestial Bronze.

Behaviour
They are capable of human speech, but mostly communicate with rattled shrieks. They normally live in huge groups, regardless of what type they are. Like birds, they lay eggs (Which are remarked to be larger than ostrich eggs). They are civilised and peaceful by nature, but are renowned for being fierce warriors - Chiron remembers that the centaurs had difficulty neutralising a single flock.