Lododera

Lododera is a large Bird Wyvern currently unreleased in Monster Hunter, known to inhabit most areas. They can be encountered in all ranks, but are most prominently found in the Dunes.

Physiology
Lododera has a jet black coating with a greyish sheen on its wings, and a distinctively flat, armored, hammer-shaped head; unusual for a Bird Wyvern. The black coating is derived from trace iron particles in the air.

It is capable of flight, but relies more on its two powerful hindlegs to propel itself through rough terrain. Typically, it keeps its wings retracted and close to its body, only extending them when charging foes to maintain balance. The Lododera also has a low center of gravity, making it tough to knock over when charging.

Due to the iron particles on the creature, it has a high density, and is particularly susceptible to Pitfall Traps. It is for this reason that the Lododera avoids waterlogged regions on the map, and prefers to stay dry.

Abilities
Lododera can charge a hunter with its dense, armored forehead, often with little consequence as the Lododera can shrug off injuries to its head. It is moderately fast in movement; slightly slower than a Yian Garuga, but capable of dealing sufficient damage through repeated charging and pecking.

Lododera also have sufficient mastery over their bodies' internal magnetic fields - while this is not as pronounced as the Gougarf duo, they are shown to create repulsive shockwaves when threatened to shunt hunters backwards, and may exude a weaker magnetic field on hunters (known as the Status Effect Repulsion), causing all weapon attacks to be significantly slowed. This can be negated by grounding the weapon (i.e. crouching) for a lengthy duration, or sharpening the weapon.

Rarely, the Lododera may take flight and charge the hunter while in mid-air; this can be negated with a Flash Bomb or a Dung Bomb. It also rarely sheds some of its iron dust, leaving a trap on the floor that can automatically inflict Repulsion on any hunters who walk over it.

Behavior
Lododera sustain themselves off a diet of smaller Neopterons and Temnocerans, and may prey off the young of Nerscylla, often with little consequence as their magnetic fields repel webbing. Against smaller Neopterons, Lododera simply attracts them over via the trace magnetic material within their shells.

They tend to be fairly territorial, and fare relatively well against larger, more melee-oriented wyverns such as Tigrex by slowing their movement to a crawl and evading them, taking advantage of their natural agility, and will relentlessly pursue and injure, but not kill, other wyverns encroaching on their nesting areas.

Trivia

 * Lododera is derived from two words: "lode", part of the word lodestone, which is a naturally magnetic mineral (also known as magnetite), and "dera", part of the Latin verb derado which refers to "rubbing, scraping, or shaving off". This refers to Lododera's behavior where it shears the excess iron dust off itself when idle.
 * When enraged, Lododera will levitate small rocks around itself.
 * When fatigued, Lododera's pecking attack slows to a halt, where it stops to pant briefly, while its magnetic repulsion attack is weakened to a stagger instead of a full knockdown.
 * Lododera are one of the smallest greater Bird Wyverns, at about the same size as a Yian Kut-Ku.