The long-tailed red nesting hawk

The long-tailed red nesting hawk was a large bird that use to roam all along the southern coast of Anicarta. This bird had strikingly red long tail feathers, with the rest of the body being brown with a hint of red. It was known to hunt smaller birds, steal eggs and small mammals. The call of the long-tailed red nesting hawk was said to be heard from far distances off. This hawk did not make its own nest it would steal pre-made nests from other large birds. They would mate for life and when one mate died the other would show signs of mourning and many times would die shortly thereafter. When mated the female would lay up to five eggs at a time. However, many times only two to three would survive to adulthood. Up until about 50 years ago, these hawks were a common sight. However, because the tail feathers were so sought after to use as decoration and writing implements. The long-tailed red nesting hawks were aggressively hunted. When people started to notice the decline in numbers they put a ban on all long-tailed red nesting hawk feathers. Sadly there were still poachers that still would hunt them as northern governments did not ban the feathers. Soon though that was even put to a stop, however, it was not enough. A sickness ran through the bird population in the southwest. This depleted the numbers even more. There were efforts to help the hawks by breeding in captivity but that failed. Finally, the last known sighting of these once majestic birds was fifty years ago in the mountains near the Ceelkayo Wild. There have been naturalists who have gone in search but each time there has been no luck and the long-tailed red nesting hawk has been declared extinct.