by James Eatock: http://bustatoons.blogspot.com/2007/08/birthday-blog-7-shriekers.html

The Shriekers that first appeared in the season one He-Man episode "Creatures From The Tar Swamp" were written in the script with no confirmed name. Amusingly the script states, "...and for lack of a better term, we'll call them the Flying Shriekers," a name which actually stuck!