Pebble Clip-Tailed Mini Longwing

Breed name: Pebble Clip-Tailed Mini Longwing

Bird inspiration: Pied Kingfisher

Class: Longwing

Subclass: Pony

Overview
These little longwings live close to shallow, gravelly rivers and thrive on seasonal floodwaters, which bring fish and crustaceans that form the basis for their springtime diet. Pebbles are not large or heavy enough to carry or haul burdens, and too small to carry a pilot in flight, so for the most part these pegasi have been left to themselves in the wild.

Occasionally, a family flock of pebbles will move into a rancher's fields, following a stream or river that passes through their property. Convincing them to join the established shortwing or broadwing herds can be beneficial, as the pebbles excel at picking small parasites off the legs and flanks of their larger herdmates.

Coloration and Conformation
These pegasi average 12 hands at the shoulder, and have a standard bar crest, giving them an almost bald appearance from a distance. With white or cream bellies and legs, pebbles have a characteristic "pebbled" dapple pattern on their chest, back, and wings, exhibiting light dapples in the brown and black markings, and dark dapples on the white portions. Legend has it that the first pebble was hatched from a river rock, and never lost the color of its origin.