Sparrowhead

The Sparrowhead is a species of flying predatory creature that was discovered during Captain Olimar's Sparklium expedition in vast numbers.

Description
Sparrowheads are very small creatures, half the height compared to a standard Hocotatian, making it a similar size to the Sheargrubs. Its body is spherical, with orange skin and darker spots, with a set of insect-like wings to fly. Interestingly, they highly resemble Shearwigs in physical appearance and slight behavior, which is hypothesized to be evolutionary overlap - the Sparrowheads adapting to take the niche that the Shearwigs have.

On the end of their heads is a spear-like beak, which the Sparrowheads use to attack prey while flying. They often hunt in packs of two to five, all of which will aim and fly into smaller prey.