" 'Surely, by now,' said Ayari, speaking from the bow, 'we must be near the Ua.'
'Observe the water,' said Kisu. 'Smell the flowers and the forest. I think that already we may be within its mouth.'
I was startled. Could its mouth be so wide? Already we were perhaps within the Ua.
Kisu pointed overhead. 'See the mindar,' he said.
We looked up and saw a brightly plumaged, short-winged, sharp-billed bird. It was yellow and red.
'That is a forest bird,' said Kisu.
The mindar is adapted for short, rapid flights, almost spurts, its wings beating in sudden flurries, hurrying it from branch to branch, for camouflage in flower trees, and for drilling the bark of such trees for larvae and grubs.
'Look!' said Ayari, pointing off to the left. There we saw a tharlarion, sunning itself on a bar. As we neared it, it slipped into the water and swam away."

Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 282 ~¤~

"...on the second level, that of the canopies, is found and incredible variety of birds,... mindars,...."

Book 13, Explorers of Gor, page 311 ~¤~