Real-animal Pokémon

Bird Pokémon

87 Pokémon are based on or look like birds. They run from Pidgey (#0016) to Fezandipiti (#1016).

Bird Pokémon facts

All 87 Bird Pokémon

Each Pokémon is here because its lore page on pokee.si says it is based on or inspired by birds, or looks like them. Game Freak does not always say what inspired a design, so some of these are well-supported readings, not official facts.

#PokémonTypeWhy it countsGen
#0016PidgeyNormal/FlyingA small plump bird that looks like a female house sparrow.1
#0017PidgeottoNormal/FlyingLooks like a raptor such as an osprey or eagle.1
#0018PidgeotNormal/FlyingLikened to a bird of prey, with Shiny colours like a golden eagle.1
#0021SpearowNormal/FlyingA sparrow crossed with a shrike, a bird with a hooked beak.1
#0022FearowNormal/FlyingBased on predatory birds like vultures and condors.1
#0054PsyduckWaterA yellow duck with a wide flat bill.1
#0055GolduckWaterA blue duck-billed Pokémon with some platypus traits.1
#0083Farfetch'dNormal/FlyingA duck carrying a leek, based on a Japanese saying.1
#0084DoduoNormal/FlyingA bird that looks more like an ostrich than a dodo.1
#0085DodrioNormal/FlyingCloser to an ostrich than a dodo, with a cassowary hint.1
#0144ArticunoIce/FlyingDraws on legendary birds like the Simurgh and the Roc.1
#0145ZapdosElectric/FlyingInspired by the thunderbird of Native American legend.1
#0146MoltresFire/FlyingDraws on fire-bird legends like the phoenix.1
#0163HoothootNormal/FlyingA young horned owl crossed with a clock.2
#0164NoctowlNormal/FlyingLooks like a horned owl, most likely a Eurasian eagle-owl.2
#0176TogeticFairy/FlyingDraws on a fairy, a chick and an egg.2
#0177NatuPsychic/FlyingRead as a quetzal, a colourful bird from the Americas.2
#0178XatuPsychic/FlyingA resplendent quetzal with a totem pole touch.2
#0198MurkrowDark/FlyingBased on the carrion crow, with a broom-like tail.2
#0225DelibirdIce/FlyingA red bird that draws on the rockhopper penguin and the white stork.2
#0227SkarmorySteel/FlyingCompared to the Andean condor and to cranes.2
#0249LugiaPsychic/FlyingLooks like a mix of dragon, plesiosaur and bird.2
#0250Ho-OhFire/FlyingA bird that looks like both a phoenix and a peacock.2
#0255TorchicFireA chick that may draw on the basan, a fire-breathing chicken.3
#0256CombuskenFire/FightingBased on a fighting chicken that walks on two legs.3
#0257BlazikenFire/FightingA chicken-like fighter, maybe from the shamo fighting chicken.3
#0276TaillowNormal/FlyingBased on a swallow, such as the barn swallow.3
#0277SwellowNormal/FlyingA swallow with a diving style, and a crest like a treeswift's.3
#0278WingullWater/FlyingModelled on a gull, with head tufts like ears.3
#0279PelipperWater/FlyingBased on a pelican, the big-billed water bird.3
#0333SwabluNormal/FlyingA bluebird crossed with a cloud, with a lorikeet's traits.3
#0334AltariaDragon/FlyingBased mainly on a bluebird, maybe with a cockatiel touch too.3
#0380LatiasDragon/PsychicA bird-like body styled after a jet plane.3
#0381LatiosDragon/PsychicA bird-like body styled after a jet plane.3
#0393PiplupWaterLooks like a young penguin, perhaps an emperor penguin chick.4
#0394PrinplupWaterBased on a penguin, with crests like a crested species.4
#0395EmpoleonWater/SteelAn emperor penguin mixed with an emperor.4
#0396StarlyNormal/FlyingBased on a young white-cheeked starling.4
#0397StaraviaNormal/FlyingLooks like an adult starling, grown up from Starly.4
#0398StaraptorNormal/FlyingA starling blended with a bird of prey.4
#0430HonchkrowDark/FlyingBased on a crow or raven dressed like a crime boss.4
#0441ChatotNormal/FlyingA parrot with a body like a conure or lovebird.4
#0468TogekissFairy/FlyingDraws on doves, plus a snowy owl's belly markings.4
#0488CresseliaPsychicA swan or crane blended with heavenly maidens of myth.4
#0519PidoveNormal/FlyingDraws on pigeons and doves, with a heart motif.5
#0520TranquillNormal/FlyingBased on an oriental turtle dove, with homing pigeon habits.5
#0521UnfezantNormal/FlyingBased on a pheasant, maybe the green pheasant.5
#0561SigilyphPsychic/FlyingA totem-pole-like bird inspired by the bird figures of the Nazca lines.5
#0566ArchenRock/FlyingModelled on Archaeopteryx, once thought to be the first bird.5
#0567ArcheopsRock/FlyingBased on Archaeopteryx, a feathered dinosaur once thought to be a bird.5
#0580DucklettWater/FlyingLooks like a duckling or a cygnet.5
#0581SwannaWater/FlyingModelled on a mute swan with a long neck.5
#0627RuffletNormal/FlyingA bald eagle chick with red, white and blue colours.5
#0628BraviaryNormal/FlyingA bald eagle with a crest like a war bonnet.5
#0629VullabyDark/FlyingA vulture chick, with a nappy-like bone.5
#0630MandibuzzDark/FlyingBased on Old World vultures, like the bearded vulture.5
#0661FletchlingNormal/FlyingModelled on a Japanese robin, with an arrow-like tail.6
#0662FletchinderFire/FlyingMixes a Japanese robin with a waxwing.6
#0663TalonflameFire/FlyingModelled on the peregrine falcon, maybe with kite and goshawk touches.6
#0701HawluchaFighting/FlyingA bird of prey blended with a luchador wrestler.6
#0717YveltalDark/FlyingCompared to a widowbird and to scavenging birds like crows.6
#0722RowletGrass/FlyingAn owlet, most like a young barn owl.7
#0723DartrixGrass/FlyingAppears to be based on a barn owl.7
#0724DecidueyeGrass/GhostAn owl that links to the pueo, a Hawaiian owl.7
#0731PikipekNormal/FlyingModelled on a pileated woodpecker, a bird that pecks wood.7
#0732TrumbeakNormal/FlyingA woodpecker, probably a pileated or ivory-billed one.7
#0733ToucannonNormal/FlyingModelled on a toco toucan, which has a huge beak.7
#0741OricorioFire/FlyingMay draw on Hawaiian honeycreepers, nectar-feeding birds.7
#0785Tapu KokoElectric/FairyIts mask is a stylised rooster.7
#0821RookideeFlyingA small dark blue bird, linked to crows.8
#0822CorvisquireFlyingA crow-like bird, though the category points to a raven.8
#0823CorviknightFlying/SteelA large black raven with steel-plate feathers.8
#0845CramorantFlying/WaterA blue seabird based on the cormorant and the fulmar.8
#0865Sirfetch'dFightingA white duck that carries a leek like a sword.8
#0875EiscueIceA penguin whose head is an ice cube.8
#0912QuaxlyWaterA duckling of a crested breed.9
#0913QuaxwellWaterA crested duck or goose crossed with a ballet dancer.9
#0914QuaquavalWater/FightingMay be mainly a peacock, since its water feathers work like a train.9
#0931SquawkabillyNormal/FlyingA parrot that looks very like the monk parakeet.9
#0940WattrelElectric/FlyingModelled on a storm petrel, a small seabird.9
#0941KilowattrelElectric/FlyingAppears based on a frigatebird, with an inflatable throat sac.9
#0955FlittlePsychicSeems modelled on the chicks of several birds.9
#0956EspathraPsychicLooks like a tall, flightless ostrich with a pointed snout.9
#0962BombirdierFlying/DarkAppears to be a white stork, the bird that delivers babies.9
#0973FlamigoFlying/FightingBased on the flamingo, and Spain has Europe's largest flamingo population.9
#0991Iron BundleIce/WaterA red bird-like robot with a white faceplate.9
#1016FezandipitiPoison/FairyA pheasant, maybe the copper pheasant.9

Bird Pokémon by type

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