Barred Broadwing

"'Tell you what - I'll pay for lunch if you give me that feather.' 'Lunch? Ha! It's worth more than that and you know it.' 'I know... but how else am I supposed to get one without being broke for a week after?'" Breed name: Barred Broadwing

Bird inspiration: Stellar's Jay (Rocky Mountain variety)

Class: Broadwing

Subclass: Short-hop

Overview
Like all pegs with blue feathers, this breed is highly coveted. They can be difficult to keep, as they are often food-aggressive and may fight among themselves even when food is plentiful. Because they cannot fly great distances, barred broadwing ranchers will often collect shed feathers to sell as costuming, decoration, or gifts. The blue coloration makes them desirable and they may charge a great deal for these mementos.

Coloration and Conformation
Being rather short-backed, these pegasi can only carry a small pilot and can’t handle hardly any cargo in flight. These short-hop pegs may be trained to fly unaccompanied between two familiar locations, but as of yet none of them can be trusted not to dump their cargo mid-air, so this experiment may go nowhere.

With a dark head and crest, barred broadwings will usually have a "mantle" of brown or grey feathers across the shoulders and chest. The blue secondary flight feathers and blue tail feathers are perceived as highly valuable and are what this breed is best known for, but the majority of the coverts and primary flight feathers are black, which most pilots seem to casually overlook in favor of admiring the blue.