Not sure, but that beak looks like it can tear through armor. The claws look weaponized as well. Likely a combat model. That "feathering" could easily be ablative plating too.
Hard to say, they're pretty creative.
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Looks like the armor on that one got pretty hot before, so likely ablated some already at the last reentry.