Leafwing

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Leafwing
A Leafwing in Kong: Skull Island
Alternate names Pterodactylus
Species Icarus Folium
Wingspan 3-5 feet
Controlled by King Ghidorah
Relations Psychovulture (subspecies of)
Allies Other Leafwings
Enemies Humans
Played by CGI
First appearance Kong: Skull Island

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Preston Packard (Kong: Skull Island)

The Leafwing is a species of avian reptile monster that appears in the 2017 Legendary Pictures film Kong: Skull Island.

Design

Leafwings are bat-like creatures with massive spiked proboscises on their foreheads. Their wings are green and they resemble green leaves.

History

MonsterVerse

Kong: Skull Island

The Monarch expedition to Skull Island encountered Leafwings on three occasions. While Preston Packard and several soldiers were looking for Chapman, they spotted a tree with dozens of Leafwings perched on its branches. Packard took aim at one of the creatures with the scope on his M14 rifle, shooting it in the head and scaring away the others.

James Conrad's group was beset by several Leafwings while traveling by river on the Grey Fox. Conrad and Slivko were unable to get a clean shot at the birds as they carried off Nieves, and the group could only watch as he was dismembered and devoured in mid-air.

Leafwings disturbed by the battle between a Skullcrawler and the remaining members of the expedition attacked the latter, killing several soldiers. Conrad sliced several of them in half with Hank Marlow's katana while rescuing Slivko.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Summoned by King Ghidorah's call, a flock of Leafwings escaped Skull Island and flew to Boston to assist Ghidorah in his final battle against Godzilla. However, by the time they and the other Titans arrived, Godzilla had killed Ghidorah.

Abilities

Flight

The Leafwings are capable of flight.

Thermal Vision

Leafwings have thermal sight.

Spike anesthetic

The Leafwings have spikes on their proboscis that contain an anesthetic agent.

Books

Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization

The LeafWings play the same role as they did in the movie.

Comics

Skull Island: The Birth of Kong

The People Who Came from the Sky

After their V-22 Osprey was shot down over Skull Island by Psychovultures, a team of Monarch operatives witnessed a flock of Leafwings fly overhead.


Trivia

  • Although the Leafwing is described as being a subspecies of the Psychovulture, the creatures' species names indicate that they belong to different genera entirely, with the Leafwing's genus being named as Icarus while the Psychovulture's genus is Vultra.
  • Due to their small size, lots of fans barely notice the LeafWings when the rest of Titans encountered Godzilla at the end of the film, who had killed their alpha, Ghidorah.

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