Squawkabilly
Squawkabilly is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon, the Parrot Pokémon, number 931 (#0931) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 2.4 kg.
Squawkabilly is the Parrot Pokémon, a loud Normal and Flying type whose flocks split by feather colour into four rival gangs. Green is the biggest and bossiest, and white is the smallest and would rather not fight.
How to pronounce Squawkabilly
Squawkabilly is pronounced SKWAW-kuh-bil-ee. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Squawkabilly said out loud:
In Japanese it is イキリンコ (Ikirinko).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Squawkabilly is a parrot, 0.6 m (2'00") tall and 2.4 kg (5.3 lbs). Its plumage is green, blue, yellow or off-white, from most to least common, but every colour keeps white feathers on its breast, belly and wingtips. Longer feathers along its sides look like a long coat, and a lumpy black crest on its head looks like a pompadour.
Behaviour
Squawkabilly are exceptionally noisy and territorial, and the Pokédex says they dislike being alone, with the largest flocks holding more than 50 birds. Green flocks hold the most sway, blue ones see them as rivals, and hotheaded yellow ones have even chased other bird Pokémon away from their towns. White ones, the fewest in number, avoid conflict but fight valiantly when they must. Bulbapedia notes some can mimic human speech.
Habitat
The Pokédex says they prefer to live in cities, and Bulbapedia adds forests and towns, where they look for food at dawn and dusk. In Scarlet and Violet all four plumages roam Paldea's East Province.
Powers
Squawkabilly has four non-interchangeable plumage forms, and the only functional difference is the hidden Ability: Guts on Green and Blue, Sheer Force on Yellow and White. All share Intimidate and Hustle. It strikes with Brave Bird, Fly and Facade and can copy foes with Mimic and Copycat. With base Attack 96 and Speed 92 it is a fast, hard-hitting physical attacker.
Name origin
Squawkabilly may combine squawk, bill and rockabilly. The Japanese name is Ikirinko (イキリンコ), which may mix ikiri, slang for acting cocky, and inko, a parrot.
Design inspiration
Squawkabilly appears to be based on a parrot, and it looks very much like the monk parakeet, an invasive bird that forms large flocks in Spanish cities and also comes in green, blue, yellow and white, with green commonest. These are fan readings.
In the games
Flocks of Squawkabilly carry Paldea's Flying Taxi in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted. In Legends: Z-A it is wild only in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose, in all four plumages.
In the anime
A Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly debuted in 'The Future I Choose' alongside Lucca and was later revealed to belong to Liko's grandmother, Diana. Green and Blue Plumage ones debuted as part of the Paldea taxi flock in 'Someone We Can't See! Whosawhatsit?'.
Fun facts
- A pre-release trailer flashed it on 6 October 2022, together with Nacli and Tandemaus, but it stayed officially unannounced until Scarlet and Violet came out.
- In Pokémon GO, Green Plumage is generally found in the Eastern Hemisphere and Blue Plumage in the Western, while Yellow and White turn up everywhere.
- At 2.4 kg it is the lightest Flying type introduced in Generation IX.
Base stats
- HP: 82
- Attack: 96
- Defense: 51
- Sp. Atk: 45
- Sp. Def: 51
- Speed: 92
Squawkabilly’s base stat total is 417. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Squawkabilly weak to?
Squawkabilly takes extra damage from Electric (2×), Ice (2×), Rock (2×) moves.
It resists Grass (½×), Bug (½×).
It is immune to Ground, Ghost moves.
Evolution
Squawkabilly does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Forms
Cosmetic forms with the same stats: Blue Plumage Squawkabilly, Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly, White Plumage Squawkabilly.
Abilities
- Intimidate: Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
- Hustle: Strengthens physical moves to inflict 1.5× damage, but decreases their accuracy to 0.8×.
- Guts (hidden ability): Increases Attack to 1.5× with a major status ailment.
Moves
Moves Squawkabilly learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Growl | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Peck | Flying | Physical | 35 |
| 1 | Mimic | Normal | Status | — |
| 6 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 10 | Torment | Dark | Status | — |
| 13 | Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 |
| 17 | Fury Attack | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 20 | Taunt | Dark | Status | — |
| 24 | Uproar | Normal | Special | 90 |
| 27 | Copycat | Normal | Status | — |
| 30 | Fly | Flying | Physical | 90 |
| 34 | Facade | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 38 | Swagger | Normal | Status | — |
| 42 | Brave Bird | Flying | Physical | 120 |
| 47 | Roost | Flying | Status | — |
| 52 | Reversal | Fighting | Physical | — |
TM moves (35)
Squawkabilly can learn 35 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Scary Face, Protect, Thief, Pounce, Facade, Aerial Ace, Air Cutter, Endure, Sunny Day, U-turn, Foul Play, Air Slash, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Fly, Substitute, Tailwind, Hyper Voice, Heat Wave, Helping Hand, Reversal, Giga Impact, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Brave Bird, Tera Blast, Uproar, Dual Wingbeat, Lash Out, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Feather Dance.
Egg moves (4):Double-Edge, Final Gambit, Flatter, Parting Shot.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Flying.
- Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
- Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Slow Then Very Fast (600,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Attack effort value.
- Base experience yield: 146.
Pokédex entries
Green-feathered flocks hold the most sway. When they're out searching for food in the mornings and evenings, it gets very noisy. (Violet)
These Pokémon prefer to live in cities. They form flocks based on the color of their feathers, and they fight over territory. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | イキリンコ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Ikirinko |
| French | Tapatoès |
| German | Krawalloro |
| Spanish | Squawkabilly |
| Italian | Squawkabilly |
| Korean | 시비꼬 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 怒鹦哥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 怒鸚哥 |
Trivia
- Lightest Flying type in Gen 9: 2.4 kg.
- Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
- Heavier than 9% of all Pokémon (2.4 kg).
- Base stat total 417, ranked #581 of 1,025.
- One of 27 Pokémon that are both Normal and Flying.
- One of 130 green Pokémon.
- Number 26 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Can learn 47 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Has 3 alternate forms.
- 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: Squawkabilly (Pokémon), Serebii: Squawkabilly (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (SKWAW-kuh-bil-ee): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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