User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 15: March 2013/@comment-16344653-20130407032252/@comment-1393830-20130407045710

Staraptor may be normal flying, but boost his attack and he is basically a fighting/flying type. Between Aerial Ace and Close Combat, Staraptor is the best early game bird ever introduced.