Beast

Cornica


Latin name: Cornica
Other names: Cornicola
Category: Bird

A large bird with few feathers

General Attributes

The cornica is found in some medieval encyclopedias. It is a large bird with few feathers for the size of its body. Its lungs are large and full of blood and are similar those of a cow.

Reality

This bird may be the hornbill, or possibly the cassowary, a specimen of which was brought from India to Alexandria around 20 BCE [Kinzelbach, 2012, page 30].