#0973 · Paldea · Generation 9

Flamigo

Synchronize Pokémon · Flying/Fighting-type

Flamigo is a Flying/Fighting-type Pokémon, the Synchronize Pokémon, number 973 (#0973) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 37 kg.

Flamigo is a flamingo that ties its neck in a knot, and the Pokédex says flocks of over 10,000 can attack together in perfect harmony. That behaviour is called synchronising, and the sight is said to be something to behold.

How to pronounce Flamigo

Flamigo is pronounced fluh-MEE-goh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Flamigo said out loud:

In Japanese it is カラミンゴ (Karamingo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Flamigo is 1.6 m tall and weighs 37 kg. Most of its body is pink, with a rounded shape, a white face, a black-tipped curved beak and tall thin white legs, and it usually stands on one leg. The Pokédex says it apparently knots the base of its long neck to stop the energy kept in its belly leaking out of its beak. Bulbapedia says it attacks by untying its neck and swinging its head rapidly.

Behaviour

Flamigo is social and lives in huge flocks near water and wetlands. Through synchronising, an entire flock can strike at once.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says Flamigo lives near bodies of water and wetlands. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in all four Paldean provinces, including Casseroya Lake, and in 4-star Tera Raid Battles.

Powers

Scrappy lets its Normal and Fighting moves hit Ghost types, Tangled Feet doubles its evasion when confused, and its hidden Ability, Costar, copies an ally's stat changes when it enters battle. It strikes with Wing Attack and Air Slash, kicks with Low Kick and Mega Kick, and finishes with Brave Bird at level 54. With base Attack 115 and Speed 90 it is a strong physical attacker.

Name origin

Flamigo may combine 'flamingo' and amigo (Spanish and Portuguese for 'friend'). The Japanese name is Karamingo (カラミンゴ), which may join karamu ('to entangle') and 'flamingo'.

Design inspiration

Flamigo appears to be based on the flamingo, and Bulbapedia notes Spain has Europe's largest flamingo population, which fits Paldea. Its knotted neck and shape may recall balloon animals, boxing gloves or plastic lawn flamingos, and its Fighting type may refer to the elaborate synchronised courtship dances of real flamingos. These are fan readings.

In the games

Flamigo is found in all four Paldean provinces in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted as number 346 in the Paldea Pokédex. In Legends: Z-A it appears in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose, in the 4-star Flying-type wild zones.

In the anime

Two Flamigo debuted in 'Dot and Nidothing', each with a different Trainer. Larry's Flamigo briefly appears in 'Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four', where Coral's Glalie beats it.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says no other known Pokémon can have Costar as an Ability.
• According to the Pokécology book cited by Bulbapedia, Dondozo is its natural predator, and Tatsugiri usually lures a Flamigo in so Dondozo can ambush it.
• Bulbapedia notes a visual error in Flamigo's Paldea Pokédex image, which shows two Flamigo whose wings are drawn both open and tucked in at the same time.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Flamigo (Pokémon) · Serebii: Flamigo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 82
• Attack: 115
• Defense: 74
• Sp. Atk: 75
• Sp. Def: 64
• Speed: 90

Flamigo’s base stat total is 500. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Flamigo weak to?

Flamigo takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Ice (2×), Flying (2×), Psychic (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (¼×), Grass (½×), Fighting (½×), Dark (½×).

It is immune to Ground moves.

Evolution

Flamigo does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Abilities

• Scrappy: Lets the Pokémon's Normal and Fighting moves hit Ghost Pokémon.
• Tangled Feet: Doubles evasion when confused.
• Costar (hidden ability): Copies ally's stat changes on entering battle.

Moves

Moves Flamigo learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (40)

Flamigo can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Acrobatics, Thief, Pounce, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Low Sweep, Air Cutter, Fling, Endure, U-turn, Bulk Up, Air Slash, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Fly, Substitute, Liquidation, Tailwind, Reversal, Giga Impact, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Brave Bird, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Lunge, Dual Wingbeat, Psych Up, Endeavor, Feather Dance, Throat Chop, Upper Hand.

Egg moves (3):Double Team, Quick Guard, Sky Attack.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Flying.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 100 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 175.

Pokédex entries

Thanks to a behavior of theirs known as “synchronizing,” an entire flock of these Pokémon can attack simultaneously in perfect harmony. (Violet)

This Pokémon apparently ties the base of its neck into a knot so that energy stored in its belly does not escape from its beak. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Tallest Flying type in Gen 9: 1.6 m.
• Highest Attack among Flying types in Gen 9: 115.
• Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
• Heavier than 59% of all Pokémon (37 kg).
• Base stat total 500, ranked #278 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Flying and Fighting.
• One of 60 pink Pokémon.
• Number 68 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 100: about 13.1% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Flamigo (Pokémon), Serebii: Flamigo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (fluh-MEE-goh): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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