Highlights
- Regional birds in Pokemon are designed to start small and cute, evolving into large and cool creatures with streamlined designs.
- Each regional bird has unique color palettes and designs, with some standing out more than others in terms of appeal and creativity.
- New additions like Kilowattrel and Corviknight bring fresh dynamics to the typical normal/flying type, adding unique traits and stats.
Plenty of ‘mons in the Pokemon franchise can fall into specific categories, and the designers always look to fulfill these categories in a way unique to each region. One such category is the Regional Bird.
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This Pokemon is typically found on Route 1 or an equivalent in a region, starting as something small and cute and eventually evolving into something large and cool. These birds often have very streamlined designs and don’t overcomplicate themselves like other bird Pokemon often can.
Updated May 10, 2024, by Ben Painter: With the release of Pokemon Scarlet & Violet came new creatures for gamers to catch, collect, and battle with. In every new generation, there are always set rules on the types of Pokemon, lower level bug-types, powerful psuedo-legandaries, and, of course, in this case, the regional bird Pokemon. With no further bird Pokemon added to the franchise, gamers will have to wait for Generation 10. This update adds further information about each regional bird and where they can be found in the most recent entry in the series, Pokemon Scarlet & Violet.
9 Pidove/Tranquill/Unfezant
Normal/Flying
- Ability: Big Pecks or Super Luck, Rivarly (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 115 Attack
- Best Move: Sky Attack
- Level it Evolves: 21 & 32
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Unobtainable
For the urban setting of Unova, a common pigeon was a great choice to base the bird on. The problem is not much is done to get any interest out of the design. Pidove looks fine, but it does nothing to stand out in a crowd of its contemporaries, and Tranquill is much the same.
Gray, white, and black can be a good color palette, and other regional birds use it to great effect, but this design falls short. Unfezant has two forms, one of which looks quite good, but the other looks as dull as the rest. Male Unfezant adds some nice color and extra elements to the design that turns it into an appealing Pokemon. The female form, however, adds virtually nothing of note.
|
Name: |
Pidove |
Tranquill |
Unfezant |
|
HP: |
50 |
62 |
80 |
|
Attack: |
55 |
77 |
115 |
|
Special Attack: |
36 |
50 |
65 |
|
Defense: |
50 |
62 |
80 |
|
Special Defense: |
30 |
42 |
55 |
|
Speed: |
43 |
65 |
93 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
264 |
358 |
478 |
8 Hoothoot/Noctowl
Normal/Flying
- Ability: Insomnia or Keen Eye, Tinted Lens (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 100 HP
- Best Move: Sky Attack
- Level it Evolves: 20
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Mossfell Confluence, Fellhorn Gorge, Oni Mountain, Wistful Fields, Paradise Barrens, Kitakami Wilds, Timeless Woods
Only a two-phase evolution, Noctowl has plenty to love in its design. That said, when compared to most other regional birds, it fades into the background a bit and looks rather boring. When taken in a bubble, it adapts an owl into a great Pokemon, adding just enough elements to feel far away from the real animal.
Unlike most other regional birds, however, it’s not the kind of team member players can take all the way to the end of the game. This is partly because there are better Flying-type alternatives but also because its movepool is pitiful. Other birds have some staying power and are perfect for single-player runs, but Noctowl is an exception.
|
Name: |
Hoothoot |
Noctowl |
|
HP: |
60 |
100 |
|
Attack: |
30 |
50 |
|
Special Attack: |
36 |
86 |
|
Defense: |
30 |
50 |
|
Special Defense: |
56 |
96 |
|
Speed: |
50 |
70 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
262 |
452 |
7 Pikipek/Trumbeak/Toucannon
Normal/Flying
- Ability: Keen Eye or Skill Link, Sheer Force (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 120 Attack
- Best Move: Beak Blast
- Level it Evolves: 14 & 28
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Coastal Biome
The Alola region’s bird feels distinctly different from all the others, which has its ups and downs. For a tropical region like Alola, using a unique bird-like a Toucan was an inspired choice. The only problem is that the transformation into a full Toucan comes a little out of nowhere.
Pikipek nails the cute factor, and Trumbeak is a good iteration on its design, but Toucannon feels like too much of a leap. It feels like there should be another stage in the middle. That said, in a bubble, there is plenty of love about Toucannon’s design, and it’s dripping with character.
|
Name: |
Pikipek |
Trumbeak |
Toucannon |
|
HP: |
35 |
55 |
80 |
|
Attack: |
75 |
85 |
120 |
|
Special Attack: |
30 |
40 |
75 |
|
Defense: |
30 |
50 |
75 |
|
Special Defense: |
30 |
50 |
75 |
|
Speed: |
65 |
75 |
60 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
265 |
355 |
485 |
6 Pidgey/Pidgeotto/Pidgeot
Normal/Flying
- Ability: Keen Eye or Tangled Feet, Big Pecks (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 101 Speed
- Best Move: Hurricane
- Level it Evolves: 18 & 36
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Unobtainable
Earning bonus nostalgia points for being a classic design, Pidgeot is a solid template that all the future regional birds worked from. While it doesn’t reach super far out, it doesn’t need to, and the design is still brimming with appeal.
Brown doesn’t seem like the best color, but the different shades are mixed well, and the later evolutions bring in some red and yellow highlights to stop it from getting boring. What’s amazing is that, all these years later, it still feels like a unique bird design. It may be a template, but nothing has outright copied it since.
|
Name: |
Pidgey |
Pidgeotto |
Pidgeot |
Mega Pidgeot |
|
HP: |
40 |
63 |
83 |
83 |
|
Attack: |
45 |
60 |
80 |
80 |
|
Special Attack: |
35 |
50 |
70 |
135 |
|
Defense: |
40 |
55 |
75 |
80 |
|
Special Defense: |
35 |
50 |
70 |
80 |
|
Speed: |
56 |
71 |
101 |
121 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
251 |
349 |
479 |
579 |
5 Taillow/Swellow
Normal/Flying
- Ability: Guts, Scrappy (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 125 Speed
- Best Move: Brave Bird
- Level it Evolves: 22
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Unobtainable
Swallows are beautiful birds in real life, and Swellow is a fantastic adaptation of them into a Pokemon. Swellow has a nice clean simplicity to its design that makes it feel so streamlined and appealing to look at. Where Pidove uses simple grays, Taillow and Swellow instead use simple blues and reds to create something that immediately grabs the eye.
Despite having a very simple shape, little highlights are scattered here and there to make it stand out as more than just any old bird. The forked tail of a swallow becomes an intimidating flourish on Swellow’s design, and the sharpness of the face brings it all together wonderfully.
|
Name: |
Taillow |
Swellow |
|
HP: |
40 |
60 |
|
Attack: |
55 |
85 |
|
Special Attack: |
30 |
75 |
|
Defense: |
30 |
60 |
|
Special Defense: |
30 |
50 |
|
Speed: |
85 |
125 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
270 |
455 |
4 Wattrel/Kilowattrel
Electric/Flying
- Ability: Wind Power or Volt Absorb, Competitive (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 125 Speed
- Best Move: Hurricane
- Level it Evolves: 25
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: South Province: Area One, Area Four, Area Five, Area Six, South Paldean Sea, East Province: Area One, Area Two, Area Three, East Paldean Sea, West Province: Area One, Area Two, West Paldean Sea, North Province: Area One, Area Three, North Paldean Sea, Casseroya Lakeoverdone
Following the trend that Corviknight and Talonflame had, Wattrel and Kilowattrel are not normal/flying but electric/flying, adding a very interesting dynamic to the team and helping this one stand out. Its design is spotless and not overdone, and gamers can easily tell that this Pokemon is an electric type.
Kilowattrel has the stats to back it up as well with a terrifying 105 special attack and 125 speed. A powerful Electro Ball (which does more damage the faster the user is compared to the target) will decimate opponents with ease.
|
Name: |
Wattrel |
Kilowattrel |
|
HP: |
40 |
70 |
|
Attack: |
40 |
70 |
|
Special Attack: |
55 |
105 |
|
Defense: |
35 |
60 |
|
Special Defense: |
40 |
60 |
|
Speed: |
70 |
125 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
280 |
490 |
3 Starly/Staravia/Staraptor
Normal/Flying
- Ability: Intimidate, Reckless (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 120 Attack
- Best Move: Close Combat or Brave Bird
- Level it Evolves: 14 then 34
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: South Province: Area Three, North Province: Casseroya Lake, Fellhorn Gorge, Oni Mountain, Kitakami Wilds
Staraptor shows how gray can be used effectively on a bird Pokemon. Starly is admittedly a bit derpy and isn’t much to look at, but its evolutions do all the heavy lifting it couldn’t initially. Staravia is perhaps the best middle evolution of the birds. It looks distinct from both forms on either side but still feels like the perfect connection point between the two.
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Staraptor enhances all of Staravia’s best qualities and adds a dose of threat to things. It’s a bird dripping with character and attitude, balancing the white face with the gray body and giving just a little dash of color on the top of the head to round things out.
|
Name: |
Starly |
Staravia |
Staraptor |
|
HP: |
40 |
55 |
85 |
|
Attack: |
55 |
75 |
120 |
|
Special Attack: |
30 |
40 |
50 |
|
Defense: |
30 |
50 |
70 |
|
Special Defense: |
30 |
40 |
60 |
|
Speed: |
60 |
80 |
100 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
245 |
340 |
485 |
2 Rookidee/Corvisquire/Corviknight
Steel/Flying
- Ability: Pressure or Unerve, Mirror Armor (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 105 Defense
- Best Move: Brave Bird
- Level it Evolves: 18 & 38
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Area Two (Fighting Tera Type), Area Zero
When Corviknight was first revealed, it was love at first sight for many. This fully armored bird with glowing red eyes looked like an absolute killing machine. It’s totally unique compared to the other birds and even got its own Gigantamax form to really kick ass.
Rookidee and Corvisquire build up to it pretty well. It would’ve been nice if some blue was retained in Corviknight’s design, but the all-black works just as well for the threatening aura this Pokemon exudes. It even has a perfectly designed shiny form, flipping the black-knight design out for pure white, like something out of Arthurian legend.
|
Name: |
Rookidee |
Corvisquire |
Corviknight |
|
HP: |
38 |
68 |
98 |
|
Attack: |
47 |
67 |
87 |
|
Special Attack: |
33 |
43 |
53 |
|
Defense: |
35 |
55 |
105 |
|
Special Defense: |
35 |
55 |
85 |
|
Speed: |
57 |
77 |
67 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
245 |
365 |
495 |
1 Fletchling/Fletchinder/Talonflame
Fire/Flying
- Ability: Flame Body, Gale Wings (Hidden Ability)
- Best Stat: 126 Speed
- Best Move: Flare Blitz or Brave Bird
- Level it Evolves: 17 & 35
- Location in Scarlet & Violet: Area Three, Area Zero, Coastal Biome, Torchlit Labyrinth
Talonflame is perhaps the perfect bird Pokemon. The only one of these birds to ever see use in the competitive battling scene, Talonflame is a brilliant distillation of everything that makes bird Pokemon great. It has such a wonderful presence with its wide-spread wings, streamlined body, and characterful face.
The balance of color is incredible. The orange/back wings contrast with the pale blue underside, including a bunch of spots to give the eye plenty to look at. The face, beak, and back don’t overshadow it, going for a cool black with yellow highlights, tipping everything off.
|
Name: |
Fletchling |
Fletchinder |
Talonflame |
|
HP: |
45 |
62 |
78 |
|
Attack: |
50 |
73 |
81 |
|
Special Attack: |
40 |
56 |
74 |
|
Defense: |
43 |
55 |
71 |
|
Special Defense: |
38 |
52 |
69 |
|
Speed: |
62 |
84 |
126 |
|
Total Base Stats: |
278 |
382 |
499 |
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