Possible Clues:

• Elephant abductor
• Not a stonechat, by the sound of it - far bigger
• This fabulous bird reciprocates a surprised expression
• Fantastic flyer
• Legendary bird found in Morocco
• To a very great extent in the air with a stony sound
• Enormous, mythical bird of prey
• Transport for Sinbad
• Early 90s Charles S. Dutton sitcom
• ''The Thousand and One Nights'' menace