Garuda

Graceful as the crane, swift as a swallow, ominous as an eagle, the multicoloured, golden-crowned, long-necked bird sang with the voice of the myriad chimes of the southern-blowing winds and the angel-played harps and the resting waves of all the oceans.
Its name is Garuda, mount of sacred Indra, the blue skinned demigod, that which spilt milk.