[3.5] Homebrewin' a race with little wings on its head

[Bulwer]

On a whim, one of the NPCs in Quisquiliae has hawk wings sprouting from his head. Since I will eventually need to stat him up, I figured I'd start with his race. Here's what I've been thinking so far:

Medium Size
Humanoid (maybe with a subtype?)
+2 Wis
-2 Con
Spot bonus

It needs something interesting, though. A unique racial ability, maybe. Thoughts?

[UserClone]

Are you kidding? Feather fall at will (self only). This works only when the creature is not helpless (e.g. unconscious, paralyzed, petrified, etc.) and speak with animals (birds only) 1/day. Caster level for both effects is equal to character level.

Size: Medium
Type: Humanoid

+8 spot racial bonus.

+2 Dex
-2 Con

+2 racial to Jump checks.
+1 to DCs of all spells cast with the [Air] descriptor.

Favored Class: Ranger.

Edit@V: Sound better?

[sigurd]

His clan needs the ability to speak with their totem bird at least in a limited way.

"Little brother says there is a dangerous hunter near...."

That alone could make him very cool.

I can't get into having actual wings on the head - it would be so awkward. How about feathers instead of hair and a vestigal claw on each pinky finger?

sigurd

[UserClone]

I doubt he's going to get rid of the wings' location. If you read the OP, he said that the character has already been introduced this way.