Kig-Yar (Earth-8756)

The kig-yar (Latin Perosus latrunculus, meaning "hateful bandit"), are a sapient species of bird-like reptiles. Native to the moon Eayn, the kig-yar were the third species to be inducted into the Covenant, with their conversion occurring in 122 BCE. Unlike the other species of the Covenant, however, the kig-yar served the hegemony not out of faith in the Path, but because of money and payment, effectively acting as mercenaries and privateers instead of zealous warriors.