I know they evolved from Zora. I've read the wiki and I've played the games. I'm just not really sure how you can be overlooking something so crucial. The entire reason you go through the temple on Dragon Roost Island is to see what's troubling Valoo and fix the problem so that Prince Komali can go through with his coming of age ceremony and get his wings-- after which he gives you Din's Pearl. They even say, [i]in the game[/i], that the Rito invented the grappling hook to get around when they didn't have wings. He's engrained into their entire culture! Without Valoo they're literally just humanoid creatures with beaks. 

I'm sorry if you don't think what I have to say is interesting. And I'm also sorry that my desire to know more about the race I wanted to play as threw you into such an unbelievable tizzy. It would have been nice if you had let me know more about what you have in mind for the Rito race, but judging by their two sentence description and your butt-hurt attitude, I'm guessing you didn't give it much thought. I honestly don't care if you don't want to stick to what's canon, but all you really had to say was "In my version, the Rito race grows their wings all by themselves but still has a Native American-like culture where they respect certain spirits" or something along those lines. Obviously I still don't know what you really have in mind for them. 

Anyways. I think I'm gonna give this one a skip. Not really feeling all that welcomed and I can't get very excited about a Zelda roleplay that's going to throw canon out the window without any explanation or forwarning. Forgive me for being under the impression that my input, as someone wishing to participate in your roleplay, was of any value to you. Best of luck.