The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula. Its most distinctive feature is its unusually large ears, which serve to dissipate heat and listen for underground prey.

Originally known as Sergeant Lucille DeWitt, a decorated communications operative dishonorably discharged under charges of “psychosexual misconduct” during the early Iron Tide conflict. Songbird is an anthropomorphic fennec fox Zypher wearing Iron Tide War era equipment, her radiopack helping find Candidates who are making noises - at the cost of being more visible.