There are several flying creatures that can be seen in the movie, but 2 are the most prominent. The mountain banshee, or ikran in Na'vi, are seen often and are the creatures the Na'vi bond with and ride. The large red flying creature is a Great Leonopteryx, or toruk in Na'vi.
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they are called banshees by humans. there latin name is the lesser leonopteryx.
Appa is a Sky Bison .
The small, white, jellyfish-looking forms are seeds from the Great Tree. The Na'vi call them atokirina' and consider them to be pure spirits.
there called mechs
yeh the movie is based on the cartoon but i dont think it is called avatar anymare cuz there another movie called avatar so it called 'The last air bender' hope that answerd your question :)