Steelpecker

Steelpeckers were a non-sentient species of nocturnal carrion bird that could be found on the planets Jakku and Ferrix. The birds were ragged and mangy in appearance, with scraggly black feathers. They had strong beaks and talons that were tipped with iron and sharpened on scrap. They fed mainly on metal, to which they were drawn by its magnetic signature. To digest the metal they consumed, steelpeckers stored vanadium, osmiridium, and corundum in their gizzards. Named for their diet, these birds were useful commodities to scavengers, who collected their carcasses and guano.

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