Gwaihir
Gwaihir was the Lord of the Eagles of Middle-earth at the time of the War of the Ring. He rescued Gandalf from the pinnacle of Orthanc, and from the peak of Zirakzigil, and he and his kind brought Frodo and Sam out of Mordor after the destruction of the One Ring.
In The Hobbit, Gwaihir and some other Eagles rescued Thorin and Company from Orcs and Wargs.
The Grey Annals published in History of Middle Earth also mentions he and Landroval alongside Thorondor rescuing Beren and Lúthien from Angband as they escaped Carcharoth. If this was to be considered canon then Gwaihir would be exceptionally old by the time of his actions in the War of the Ring; at least 6000 years old!
Etymology
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Gwaihir comes from the Sindarin gwaew "wind" + hîr "lord". His name translated into English would be, therefor, "Windlord".
