Every Bird Pokémon: All 74, Sorted by Generation (2026)

There are 74 bird Pokémon across the nine generations — species the Pokédex itself files under avian categories like “Tiny Bird Pokémon”, “Owl Pokémon”, “Penguin Pokémon” or “Wild Duck Pokémon”. They run from Pidgey (#0016) to Flamigo (#0973), cover 14 different types, and 61 of them are Flying-types. This page lists every one, sorted by generation, with types and the official Pokédex category that qualifies it.

The list is current for August 2026. Pokémon Legends: Z-A added new Mega Evolutions but no new species, so the National Dex still ends at 1,025 and Paldea’s Bombirdier and Flamigo are still the newest additions to the aviary.

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Bird Pokémon by generation: the count

Generation	Region	Bird Pokémon
I	Kanto	11
II	Johto	8
III	Hoenn	9
IV	Sinnoh	8
V	Unova	12
VI	Kalos	4
VII	Alola	7
VIII	Galar	5
IX	Paldea	10
Total	—	74

Unova is the outlier. Black and White shipped twelve birds, including three separate two-stage lines (Rufflet/Braviary, Vullaby/Mandibuzz, Ducklett/Swanna) plus the fossil bird Archen and the deliberately weird Sigilyph. Kalos is the drought — four, and one of them is a Legendary.

Every bird Pokémon, by generation

The “Pokédex category” column is the official species label the games print under each name. It is what settles the arguments — Combusken is on this list because the Pokédex calls it the Young Fowl Pokémon, and Espathra is here because it is literally the Ostrich Pokémon.

Generation I: Kanto — 11 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0016	Pidgey	Normal/Flying	Tiny Bird Pokémon	The original route-one bird. Evolves at 18, then into Pidgeot at 36.
#0017	Pidgeotto	Normal/Flying	Bird Pokémon	Middle stage of the Kanto starter bird line.
#0018	Pidgeot	Normal/Flying	Bird Pokémon	Gets a Mega Evolution with a huge Special Attack jump and No Guard.
#0021	Spearow	Normal/Flying	Tiny Bird Pokémon	Kanto’s aggressive alternative to Pidgey; evolves at level 20.
#0022	Fearow	Normal/Flying	Beak Pokémon	Long neck, long beak, and one of the fastest early-game birds.
#0083	Farfetch’d	Normal/Flying	Wild Duck Pokémon	Carries a leek. The Galarian form is Fighting-type and evolves into Sirfetch’d.
#0084	Doduo	Normal/Flying	Twin Bird Pokémon	Two heads, no wings, and it still counts as Flying-type.
#0085	Dodrio	Normal/Flying	Triple Bird Pokémon	Three heads; its Drill Peck was a Gen 1 staple.
#0144	Articuno	Ice/Flying	Freeze Pokémon	Legendary. The Galarian form is Psychic/Flying instead of Ice/Flying.
#0145	Zapdos	Electric/Flying	Electric Pokémon	Legendary. Galarian Zapdos is Fighting/Flying and runs on the ground.
#0146	Moltres	Fire/Flying	Flame Pokémon	Legendary. Galarian Moltres is Dark/Flying.

Generation II: Johto — 8 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0163	Hoothoot	Normal/Flying	Owl Pokémon	Stands on one leg; evolves into Noctowl at level 20.
#0164	Noctowl	Normal/Flying	Owl Pokémon	Johto’s owl, with an unusually high Special Defence for an early bird.
#0177	Natu	Psychic/Flying	Tiny Bird Pokémon	Hops rather than flies. Evolves into Xatu at level 25.
#0178	Xatu	Psychic/Flying	Mystic Pokémon	Sees the past and the future at once, which is why it stands still.
#0198	Murkrow	Dark/Flying	Darkness Pokémon	Dark/Flying crow; evolves into Honchkrow with a Dusk Stone.
#0225	Delibird	Ice/Flying	Delivery Pokémon	Ice/Flying with the unique move Present, which sometimes heals the target.
#0227	Skarmory	Steel/Flying	Armor Bird Pokémon	Steel/Flying with genuinely excellent physical bulk. A defensive staple for decades.
#0250	Ho-Oh	Fire/Flying	Rainbow Pokémon	Legendary. Fire/Flying phoenix, and the mascot of Pokémon Gold.

Generation III: Hoenn — 9 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0255	Torchic	Fire	Chick Pokémon	The Hoenn Fire starter. Officially the Chick Pokémon.
#0256	Combusken	Fire/Fighting	Young Fowl Pokémon	Fire/Fighting from level 16 — the Pokédex calls it the Young Fowl Pokémon.
#0257	Blaziken	Fire/Fighting	Blaze Pokémon	Fully evolved fighting chicken with Speed Boost and a Mega Evolution.
#0276	Taillow	Normal/Flying	Tiny Swallow Pokémon	Small, aggressive, and evolves into Swellow at level 22.
#0277	Swellow	Normal/Flying	Swallow Pokémon	Guts plus a Toxic Orb was one of Hoenn’s better offensive tricks.
#0278	Wingull	Water/Flying	Seagull Pokémon	The Seagull Pokémon; evolves into Pelipper at level 25.
#0279	Pelipper	Water/Flying	Water Bird Pokémon	Drizzle turned it into the standard rain setter in doubles.
#0333	Swablu	Normal/Flying	Cotton Bird Pokémon	Cotton-winged; evolves into Altaria at level 35.
#0334	Altaria	Dragon/Flying	Humming Pokémon	Becomes Dragon/Flying on evolution, and Dragon/Fairy as Mega Altaria.

Generation IV: Sinnoh — 8 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0393	Piplup	Water	Penguin Pokémon	Sinnoh’s Water starter, and the Pokédex’s Penguin Pokémon.
#0394	Prinplup	Water	Penguin Pokémon	Middle stage; evolves into Empoleon at level 36.
#0395	Empoleon	Water/Steel	Emperor Pokémon	Water/Steel emperor penguin — a typing no other Pokémon shares.
#0396	Starly	Normal/Flying	Starling Pokémon	Sinnoh’s route-one bird; evolves at 14, then at 34.
#0397	Staravia	Normal/Flying	Starling Pokémon	Middle stage of the Staraptor line.
#0398	Staraptor	Normal/Flying	Predator Pokémon	Intimidate plus Close Combat made it one of the best Normal/Flying attackers ever.
#0430	Honchkrow	Dark/Flying	Big Boss Pokémon	Murkrow’s Dusk Stone evolution, with Moxie and a mob-boss silhouette.
#0441	Chatot	Normal/Flying	Music Note Pokémon	Learns Chatter, a move that records your own voice in the DS games.

Generation V: Unova — 12 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0519	Pidove	Normal/Flying	Tiny Pigeon Pokémon	Unova’s starter bird; evolves at 21, then at 32.
#0520	Tranquill	Normal/Flying	Wild Pigeon Pokémon	Middle stage of the Unfezant line.
#0521	Unfezant	Normal/Flying	Proud Pokémon	Male and female have visibly different designs — one of the clearer gender splits.
#0561	Sigilyph	Psychic/Flying	Avianoid Pokémon	The Pokédex literally calls it the Avianoid Pokémon. Psychic/Flying, based on Nazca lines.
#0566	Archen	Rock/Flying	First Bird Pokémon	Revived from a Plume Fossil. The First Bird Pokémon, and it cannot fly.
#0567	Archeops	Rock/Flying	First Bird Pokémon	Huge Attack, crippled by Defeatist below half HP.
#0580	Ducklett	Water/Flying	Water Bird Pokémon	Water/Flying duckling; evolves into Swanna at level 35.
#0581	Swanna	Water/Flying	White Bird Pokémon	The White Bird Pokémon, with Hurricane off a decent Special Attack.
#0627	Rufflet	Normal/Flying	Eaglet Pokémon	The Eaglet Pokémon. Evolves into Braviary at 54, or Hisuian Braviary in Legends: Arceus.
#0628	Braviary	Normal/Flying	Valiant Pokémon	Normal/Flying eagle. Hisuian Braviary is Psychic/Flying with Esper Wing.
#0629	Vullaby	Dark/Flying	Diapered Pokémon	Female-only vulture chick wearing a bone; evolves into Mandibuzz at 54.
#0630	Mandibuzz	Dark/Flying	Bone Vulture Pokémon	Dark/Flying with Overcoat and genuinely annoying defensive utility.

Generation VI: Kalos — 4 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0661	Fletchling	Normal/Flying	Tiny Robin Pokémon	The Tiny Robin Pokémon. Normal/Flying until it evolves.
#0662	Fletchinder	Fire/Flying	Ember Pokémon	Becomes Fire/Flying at level 17.
#0663	Talonflame	Fire/Flying	Scorching Pokémon	Gale Wings once made priority Brave Bird a format-defining problem.
#0717	Yveltal	Dark/Flying	Destruction Pokémon	Legendary. Dark/Flying, and the mascot of Pokémon Y.

Generation VII: Alola — 7 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0722	Rowlet	Grass/Flying	Grass Quill Pokémon	Alola’s Grass starter, and the only starter that is a Flying-type on arrival.
#0723	Dartrix	Grass/Flying	Blade Quill Pokémon	Middle stage; throws bladed feathers and is vain about its plumage.
#0724	Decidueye	Grass/Ghost	Arrow Quill Pokémon	Grass/Ghost archer owl. The Hisuian form is Grass/Fighting.
#0731	Pikipek	Normal/Flying	Woodpecker Pokémon	The Woodpecker Pokémon; evolves at 14, then at 28.
#0732	Trumbeak	Normal/Flying	Bugle Beak Pokémon	Middle stage of the Toucannon line, with a beak that bends into shapes.
#0733	Toucannon	Normal/Flying	Cannon Pokémon	Fires seeds at 350 km/h and gets Beak Blast, a move unique to it.
#0741	Oricorio	Fire/Flying	Dancing Pokémon	Four styles — Baile, Pom-Pom, Pa’u and Sensu — each with a different type, changed by Nectar.

Generation VIII: Galar — 5 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0821	Rookidee	Flying	Tiny Bird Pokémon	The Tiny Bird Pokémon and a pure Flying-type at stage one.
#0822	Corvisquire	Flying	Raven Pokémon	Middle stage; evolves into Corviknight at level 38.
#0823	Corviknight	Flying/Steel	Raven Pokémon	Flying/Steel with Mirror Armor and a Gigantamax form. Galar’s flying taxi.
#0845	Cramorant	Flying/Water	Gulp Pokémon	Gulp Missile is the only ability in the game that spits a fish at the attacker.
#0865	Sirfetch’d	Fighting	Wild Duck Pokémon	Pure Fighting. Evolves from Galarian Farfetch’d after landing three critical hits in one battle.

Generation IX: Paldea — 10 bird Pokémon

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0912	Quaxly	Water	Duckling Pokémon	Paldea’s Water starter — the Duckling Pokémon.
#0913	Quaxwell	Water	Practicing Pokémon	Middle stage, obsessed with its own footwork.
#0914	Quaquaval	Water/Fighting	Dancer Pokémon	Water/Fighting dancer with Aqua Step and Moxie.
#0931	Squawkabilly	Normal/Flying	Parrot Pokémon	The Parrot Pokémon, with Green, Blue, Yellow and White plumage forms.
#0940	Wattrel	Electric/Flying	Storm Petrel Pokémon	Electric/Flying storm petrel; evolves into Kilowattrel at level 25.
#0941	Kilowattrel	Electric/Flying	Frigatebird Pokémon	The Frigatebird Pokémon, with Wind Power and a big Speed tier.
#0955	Flittle	Psychic	Frill Pokémon	Runs on two legs and floats; evolves into Espathra at level 35.
#0956	Espathra	Psychic	Ostrich Pokémon	The Ostrich Pokémon. Speed Boost plus Lumina Crash made it a Paldea ban-list regular.
#0962	Bombirdier	Flying/Dark	Item Drop Pokémon	Flying/Dark, drops rocks on prey, and has no evolutions.
#0973	Flamigo	Flying/Fighting	Synchronize Pokémon	Flying/Fighting flamingo with Scrappy and Wind Rider.

Bird-adjacent Pokémon: the judgment calls

These five come up in every “bird Pokémon” argument. None of them carries an avian Pokédex category, but all of them are bird-shaped enough that leaving them out feels wrong — so here they are, flagged.

#	Pokémon	Type	Pokédex category	Notes
#0175	Togepi	Fairy	Spike Ball Pokémon	Not a bird by design, but it heads the line that becomes one.
#0176	Togetic	Fairy/Flying	Happiness Pokémon	Gains Flying-type on evolution and grows wings.
#0249	Lugia	Psychic/Flying	Diving Pokémon	Legendary. Psychic/Flying, part bird and part sea beast.
#0468	Togekiss	Fairy/Flying	Jubilee Pokémon	Fairy/Flying with Serene Grace — bird-shaped rather than bird-based.
#0701	Hawlucha	Fighting/Flying	Wrestling Pokémon	Fighting/Flying luchador built on a bird frame, with Unburden and Flying Press.

Red bird Pokémon

Eleven bird Pokémon carry the Pokédex’s official “Red” colour classification. If you are building a red team, or just trying to remember the name of that red bird, it is one of these:

Pokémon	Type	Generation
Delibird	Ice/Flying	II
Ho-Oh	Fire/Flying	II
Torchic	Fire	III
Combusken	Fire/Fighting	III
Blaziken	Fire/Fighting	III
Braviary	Normal/Flying	V
Fletchling	Normal/Flying	VI
Fletchinder	Fire/Flying	VI
Talonflame	Fire/Flying	VI
Yveltal	Dark/Flying	VI
Oricorio (Baile Style)	Fire/Flying	VII

Fire/Flying dominates for obvious reasons — the phoenix template. The two that break it are Delibird, which is red because it is dressed as Santa, and Braviary, whose red-white-and-blue head is a bald eagle joke that the Hisuian form drops entirely.

Regional forms: the same bird, rebuilt

Six birds have regional variants that change their typing outright. These are separate encounters with separate movepools, not recolours.

Regional form	Original type	Regional type	From
Galarian Articuno	Ice/Flying	Psychic/Flying	Sword/Shield — The Crown Tundra
Galarian Zapdos	Electric/Flying	Fighting/Flying	Sword/Shield — The Crown Tundra
Galarian Moltres	Fire/Flying	Dark/Flying	Sword/Shield — The Crown Tundra
Galarian Farfetch’d	Normal/Flying	Fighting	Sword/Shield
Hisuian Braviary	Normal/Flying	Psychic/Flying	Legends: Arceus
Hisuian Decidueye	Grass/Ghost	Grass/Fighting	Legends: Arceus

The Galarian bird trio is the most drastic rework in the series: three Legendaries that keep their names and lose everything else, including the elemental theme that named them. Galarian Farfetch’d is the only one that unlocks a new evolution — land three critical hits in a single battle and it becomes Sirfetch’d.

The Legendary birds

• Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres — the original Kanto trio, and the reason “legendary birds” is a phrase at all. Each has a Galarian counterpart with a completely different type.
• Lugia — Psychic/Flying, and the closest thing the series has to a sea-bird deity. Trio master of the Johto beasts in lore, and the mascot of Silver.
• Ho-Oh — Fire/Flying phoenix, the Gold mascot, and the only Legendary that natively learns Sacred Fire.
• Yveltal — Dark/Flying, the destruction half of the Kalos pair, with Dark Aura boosting Dark moves for everything on the field.

Which bird Pokémon are actually good?

Setting Legendaries aside, a handful of these have been competitive fixtures for years — and it is rarely the ones with the biggest stat totals.

• Corviknight — Flying/Steel, Mirror Armor, Pressure, access to Roost and U-turn. The defensive pivot the Flying type had been missing since Skarmory.
• Skarmory — still doing the job it has done since 1999: Spikes, Whirlwind, Roost, and a physical Defence stat that ignores most attackers.
• Pelipper — Drizzle. That is the entire pitch, and it is enough to make it a permanent doubles staple.
• Talonflame — Gale Wings was nerfed to full-HP-only, but priority Brave Bird and Tailwind support keep it relevant.
• Staraptor — Intimidate on entry, then Close Combat and Brave Bird off a very high Attack. Frail, but it hits like a Legendary.
• Espathra — Speed Boost plus Lumina Crash was strong enough to get it banned from tiers it had no business being in.
• Blaziken — Speed Boost again, this time on a Fire/Fighting attacker with a Mega Evolution.

FAQ

How many bird Pokémon are there?

74 species carry an avian Pokédex category, across all nine generations. Add the five bird-adjacent designs — Togepi, Togetic, Togekiss, Lugia and Hawlucha — and you get 79.

Are all bird Pokémon Flying-types?

No. 61 of the 74 are, but the penguins (Piplup, Prinplup, Empoleon), the Torchic line, the Quaxly line, Decidueye, Sirfetch’d, Flittle and Espathra are all birds without the Flying type.

What is the first bird Pokémon?

Pidgey, #0016, is the lowest-numbered bird. In lore the honour goes to Archen, whose Pokédex category is literally “First Bird Pokémon” — it is revived from a Plume Fossil and cannot fly.

Which bird Pokémon is the strongest?

Among non-Legendaries, Blaziken and Staraptor hit hardest and Corviknight and Skarmory survive longest. Counting Legendaries, Lugia, Ho-Oh and Yveltal tie at the top with 680 base stat points each.

Is Pikachu a bird Pokémon?

No — Pikachu is the Mouse Pokémon. The only Electric-type birds in the series are Zapdos, Wattrel and Kilowattrel.

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