Hi Jens,
Thanks for the update! Actually, I was about to send the URL of this thread to a friend of mine and thought it wouldn't hurt to bring it back to the top... 
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					Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde
					
				 
				I have looked at the hilt again, and I think I will agree with you that it is a parrot. 
			
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 Yup, I think the colors work best for a parrot. A hawk has somewhat smaller eyes and while I couldn't exclude a falcon, the defining feature of a falcon's beak is missing. Thus, a positive identification doesn't seem to be possible but parrot seems to be most plausible to me, too.
Regards,
Kai