Creature equivalent of a "hawk man"

[BilboBaguette]

I recently went back and played Shining Force and have been inspired to create a Balbaroy type character. For those unfamiliar with the game, Balbaroy is a winged hawk/man armor wearing bringer of doom. As my GM keeps the bestiary under lock and key and he is unavailable for bugging at the moment, I was wondering if Pathfinder has a hawkman race of its own? I have already seen the Strix, and while they do seem cool, they aren't exactly "hawky".

[Momar]

I don't know what pathfinder has in the way of birdman races, but back in the 3.5 book Races of the Wild there was a race called the raptorans that fits the bill nicely. You would need to do some minor updating, but it's probably your best bet.

If you want to stay pure pathfinder you could be a synthesist summoner and just have your eidolon outer skin/inhabited body/whatever be a birdman. Not really the best solution, but it works.

[Matt Stich]

Closest thing PF only i can think of is the Tengu, but they can't fly. Maybe build them using the race guide beta?

[Petty Alchemy]

I second the idea of using Synthesist for all your monster-PC needs. Unless you don't need flight, just wings. In which case maybe your DM could let you reflavor an existing race to have 'em.

[SmiloDan]

There should be a garuda race.

[TClifford]

There is always the Strix.