#0821 · Galar · Generation 8

Rookidee

Tiny Bird Pokémon · Flying-type

Rookidee is a Flying-type Pokémon, the Tiny Bird Pokémon, number 821 (#0821) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 1.8 kg.

Rookidee is the Tiny Bird Pokémon, a bird just 0.2 m tall that will pick a fight with anything, however big, and the Pokédex says it grows a little stronger even when it loses.

How to pronounce Rookidee

Rookidee is pronounced RUUK-ih-dee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Rookidee said out loud:

In Japanese it is ココガラ (Kokogara).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Rookidee is a small dark blue bird with a yellow chest, a black mask-like plume of feathers and white marks under its red eyes. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 1.8 kg. The Pokédex says those white markings intimidate fainthearted Pokémon.

Behaviour

Rookidee is brave and reckless, and the Pokédex says it jumps about nimbly to disorient much larger opponents. The Violet entry adds that females are fussier than males and will peck relentlessly at anything that dirties their wings.

Habitat

Canon gives no habitat for Rookidee. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Paldea's East and South Provinces, across mountains, grassland, rocky ground and towns.

Diet

Bulbapedia says it preys on Grubbin.

Powers

Keen Eye stops its accuracy being lowered and Unnerve stops opponents eating held Berries, while the hidden Ability Big Pecks protects against Defense drops. It learns Peck, Fury Attack, Pluck and Drill Peck, and finishes the set with Brave Bird at level 36. With 47 base Attack and 57 Speed it is a frail early bird.

Name origin

Rookidee may combine 'rook', 'rookie', 'kid' and 'chickadee'. The Japanese name is Kokogara (ココガラ), perhaps from karasu ('crow'), or from ko ('child') joined to kogara (the willow tit).

Design inspiration

Hitoshi Ariga designed the whole line, Bulbapedia says. Rookidee appears to draw on tits and chickadees such as the blue tit and great tit rather than crows, even though it grows into a corvid, and its colours also resemble the hooded mountain tanager. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Rookidee evolves into Corvisquire at level 18, which becomes Corviknight at level 38.

In the games

Rookidee has a Pokédex entry in Legends: Z-A, but wild Rookidee only arrive with the Mega Dimension DLC, in the Flying-type zones of Hyperspace Lumiose; it also has a Pokédex entry in Pokémon Pokopia. It first appeared in Sword and Shield.

In the anime

In 'Meeting Up with the Monarch!' three Rookidee nest while two Corviknight guard them, and Leon bandages one injured wing. A flashback in 'Partners in Time!' shows Sonia's Rookidee beating Leon's Charmander in their first battle.

Fun facts

• According to Bulbapedia, Rookidee and Corvisquire are the earliest Pokémon that are purely Flying type without being Legendary.
• Its French name Minisange is mini plus mésange (tit), and its German name Meikro blends micro, Meise (tit) and crow.
• It shares the Tiny Bird Pokémon category with Pidgey, Spearow and Natu, although Natu has sometimes gone by Little Bird Pokémon as well.
• It ties with Natu as the shortest Flying type.

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

Base stats

• HP: 38
• Attack: 47
• Defense: 35
• Sp. Atk: 33
• Sp. Def: 35
• Speed: 57

Rookidee’s base stat total is 245. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Rookidee weak to?

Rookidee takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Ice (2×), Rock (2×) moves.

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

It is immune to Ground moves.

Evolution

How does Rookidee evolve?

Rookidee evolves into Corvisquire at level 18.

The whole family: Rookidee, Corvisquire, Corviknight.

• Corvisquire evolves into Corviknight at level 38.

Abilities

• Keen Eye: Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
• Unnerve: Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.
• Big Pecks (hidden ability): Protects against Defense drops.

Moves

Moves Rookidee learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (25)

Rookidee can learn 25 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Agility, Scary Face, Protect, Thief, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Air Cutter, Endure, U-turn, Air Slash, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Fly, Substitute, Tailwind, Reversal, Nasty Plot, Brave Bird, Tera Blast, Spite, Dual Wingbeat.

Egg moves (7):Defog, Rock Smash, Roost, Sand Attack, Sky Attack, Spite, Tailwind.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Flying.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 255 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 1 Speed effort value.
• Base experience yield: 49.

Pokédex entries

Jumping nimbly about, this small-bodied Pokémon takes advantage of even the slightest opportunity to disorient larger opponents. (Shield)

It will bravely challenge any opponent, no matter how powerful. This Pokémon benefits from every battle—even a defeat increases its strength a bit. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Shortest Flying type: 0.2 m, shared with 1 other.
• Lightest Flying type in Gen 8: 1.8 kg.
• Shortest Flying type in Gen 8: 0.2 m.
• Slowest Flying type in Gen 8: 57 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Flying types in Gen 8: 245.
• Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m).
• Heavier than 6% of all Pokémon (1.8 kg).
• Base stat total 245, ranked #976 of 1,025.
• One of 109 Flying-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 12 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 38 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% 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: Rookidee (Pokémon), Serebii: Rookidee (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (RUUK-ih-dee): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

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

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