Avians or birds were a classification of animal, generally characterized as warm-blooded vertebrates which reproduce by laying eggs. Many avians had adapted body structures which gave them the ability to fly, including feathers and wings. A female bird is sometimes referred to as a hen.
The farmers on The Armada, a series of agricultural domes, introduced birds and insects into it's ecosystem to regulate infestations rather than using pesticides. (TNG comic: "Space Seeds")
An avian trader conducted business on Deep Space 9 in 2370. When it was startled by a group of Horta it accidentally got it's talons stuck in a nearby Gelloid. (DS9 novel: Devil in the Sky)
When Nog was offered an omelet by Vic Fontaine in 2376 he declined upon recalling Earth omelets were typically made with bird's eggs and flavoured mold, a thought which disgusted him. (DS9 novel: Avatar)
Sentient avian species
Other avian species
- Altairian spider bird
- atlirith
- chicken
- digbi-bird
- Great Bird of the Galaxy
- Joranian ostrich
- mogai
- phoenix eagle
- ra'tar
- Rigelian winged raptor-wolf
- shavokh
- sundweller
- swooper
- Taurian sky-shark
- wari-bird
Connections
- Avian article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Bird article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.