Hookmouth Phlyer
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The hookmouth phlyer split from its ancestor and took up a seagoing life. They have wide wings for soaring great distances without land, this is because often there is no place to land when hunting over the vast ocean. Their wing membrane can be stretched out by moving the wings forward, this is useful when trying to catch updrafts in the morning. The coloring of their bodies are used to trick their aquatic prey, white underbelly mimics the sky and water surface, while the blue face makes it difficult to notice when underwater. Hookmouth phlyers, as the name suggests, have hooked beaks to snatch food out of the water while on the wing, the upper part of the beak has shortened to stay out of the way of the hook. Their bodies are balanced to keep the butt-nostril out of the water if the organism ever decides to rest on the ocean, although this rarely happens as taking to the air after doing so is difficult.
When out over the ocean they tend to be alone, but when around the coast their numbers increase and you can find huge flocks of them just circling about in the sky. Nests are made on cliffs or in tall flora, they are made from whatever the phlyer can find. Females often have five or six young, anymore than that is rare, she defends them aggressively and most survive to adulthood.