User blog comment:Cottonmouth255/Discussion of the Week: Avian Bird Wyverns/@comment-26066195-20141118014943

My favorite is Yian Garuga. Garuga's armor was the first full armor set I ever completed in the series, and I love his design, basically a demonic Kut-ku. Also has an awesome battle theme. Second favorite is Qurupeco, his summoning ability brings unique fights to every hunt.

Least favorite has to be either Farunokku or Gypceros. Faru's design just looks a bit weird to me, and while I haven't fought him I think he looks rather dull compared to many of Frontier's monsters. Gypceros is just a pain to fight, annoying poison attacks and the flash attack make him an annoying boss, and I really don't like much of his equipment (except for the Great Sword in MHFU, I love it)

I would love to see a monster based off Gastornis, one of my favorite prehistoric creatures. An owl or parrot monster would both be pretty cool.

I think it's fine that Avians are lumped with the Raptor monsters, like BannedLagiacrus said it helps to establish the connection between birds and dinosaurs.