User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Monster Appreciation Week: Great Maccao/@comment-4969421-20160720143155

First it was Jaggi, then the dromes in MH4, and now Great Maccao from X bringing the raptor monsters one step forward in the road to not being worthless monsters anymore. A really interesting design, don't know about you guys but I had wanted a feathered raptor for a long while. Now it actually resembles the animals they were supposed to be based off of instead of Jurassic Park dinosaurs... heh. Not that I have any idea what I'm talking about anyways. The kangaroo like fighting style is a nice and unexpected touch, the monster uses all of its body parts to attack unlike any other raptor. That makes Maccao a fun and interesting fight, unfortunately, the monster has a laughably low HP pool even for a starter monster. It will (literally) die in two HAs, which makes the fight extremely short and easy and you may not even get to see all the new stuff it brings to the table. However, Maccao equipment is really nice. I mean, sure it's not Tri LR Peco Armor (pre 4 stars Eva1 was ridiculous, like what were they even thinking lol) but it's still quite nice. The armor will do, given how all armors are trash this time around, and the weapons offer Green sharpness which is not too common in Gen's early game. Its music theme is very chaotic, I personally think it fits the monster(s) and find it (much) better than MH4's drome theme, although not as good as 3rd gen's. Yeah, I kinda miss 3rd gen drome theme. And Great Jaggi, now that we're at it. I wish he had returned, I mean he's pretty much the cutest monster in the series. I guess Maccao will have to do.

It may not be the best bird, but it comes close.