ADARNA

Adarna bird is a legendary creature in the epic, Ibong Adarna, a literary masterpiece done by a Filipino author named Francisco Baltazar. This bird is said to be found in Mt. Tabor, where it perches on the shimmering Piedras Platas tree at night. During the daytime, the bird goes off somewhere but it comes back at night to roost, and it sings before it sleeps. The Adarna bird has a very long fancy tail, with numerous shiny metallic colors. It knows a total of seven songs that are believed to lull anyone to sleep as well as cure any type of afflictions; it changes its feathers into more colorful hues and shades after each song. After the last song, it poos, then finally, sleeps with its eyes wide open. Its droppings can turn any living organism into stone.