Altaria (Pokémon)

Altaria チルタリス Tyltalis
Artwork from R/S/E
Types	Dragon/Flying
Species	Humming Pokémon
National Dex	#334
Johto Dex	#—
Hoenn Dex	#122
Sinnoh Dex	#—
Fiore Browser	R-197
Almia Browser	R-260
Height	3′07″ (1.1m)
Weight	45.4 lbs. (20.6kg)
Ability	Natural Cure
Egg groups	Flying/Dragon
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	2 SpD
Exp. yield	188 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	600,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Blue
Catch rate	45
Body style
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Altaria (Japanese: チルタリス Tyltalis) is a dual-type Dragon/Flying Pokémon.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.5.5 Special moves 5.6 Side game data 5.7 Evolution 5.8 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 External links

Biology

Physiology

Altaria resembles a large blue phoenix-like Pokémon with a long neck and white cheeks. The feathers of its body make it resemble a cumulus cloud and two long blue feathers extend from the back of its head. It wraps its two cloud-like wings around its body to keep itself warm.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Altaria carries a refined set of vocal chords that allow it to sing in a beautiful soprano voice that causes its listeners to experience dreamy content.

It is possible that an Altaria may carry a flame sac within its body, similar to Torchic, which it uses to launch intensely hot fireballs from its mouth in self defense from attackers.

As of Generation IV, Altaria is one of three non-legendary Pokémon that can learn Sky Attack naturally, the other non-legendaries being Noctowl and Togekiss.

Behavior

Habitat

Altaria seem to live in secluded areas far from human population such as mountainous regions (contrary to Swablu which live near human settlements) and even sometimes melodious singing, believed to be a singing Altaria, can be heard from far off mountains. Another example of its distance from humans is the fact that the only place where an Altaria can be caught in the wild is in the Sky Pillar. Some Altaria are shown to reside in Forina valley*, and many of them are also shown to reside within the Tree of Beginning*. Both locations are also far from human population.

Also during winter they migrate to caverns inside mountains*.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Altaria first appeared in Jirachi: Wish Maker. It was one of the Pokémon that lived in Forina, Jirachi's home.

There were some Altaria in the flock that an injured Swablu belonged to in True Blue Swablu.

Altaria's first major role was in Sky High Gym Battle. Ash's Grovyle battled against one in Ash's gym battle against Winona, the Gym Leader of Fortree Gym.

An Altaria belonging to Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four appeared in Vanity Affair where it battled against Ash's Grovyle.

In the manga

In the TCG

Main article: Altaria (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
III	Ruby	Altaria dances and wheels through the sky among billowing, cotton-like clouds. By singing melodies in its crystal-clear voice, this Pokémon makes its listeners experience dreamy wonderment.
	Sapphire	Altaria sings in a gorgeous soprano. Its wings are like cotton clouds. This Pokémon catches updrafts with its buoyant wings and soars way up into the wild blue yonder.
	Emerald	It hums in a beautiful soprano voice. It flies among white clouds in the blue sky. It launches intensely hot fireballs from its mouth.
	FireRed	If you hear a beautiful melody trilling deep among mountains far from people, it is Altaria's humming.
	LeafGreen	If you hear a beautiful melody trilling deep among mountains far from people, it is Altaria's humming.
IV	Diamond	It looks like a fluffy cloud when it is in flight. It hums with its soprano voice.
	Pearl	It looks like a fluffy cloud when it is in flight. It hums with its soprano voice.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	Rare	Sky Pillar
	Pokémon Emerald	Rare	Sky Pillar
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	None	Trade
	Pokémon Colosseum	None	Evolve Swablu
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	One	Citadark Isle (Shadow)
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	None	Evolve Swablu
	Pal Park		Field

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Swablu
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 64 Forever Level 14 Pair Trozei Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Evolve from Swablu
Pokémon Ranger	Sekra Mountain Range
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Nurue Ruins

Base stats

HP:	75
Attack:	70
Defense:	90
SpAtk:	70
SpDef:	105
Speed:	80

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Rock : 2×  Ice : 4×  Dragon : 2×	Fighting : ½×  Bug : ½×  Grass : ¼×  Fire : ½×  Water : ½×	Ground : 0×	Normal : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Steel : 1×  Electric : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

By leveling up

Generation III Level Move Type Start Growl Peck Sing Astonish 8 Astonish 18 Fury Attack 21 Safeguard 28 Mist 31 Take Down 35 DragonBreath 40 Dragon Dance 45 Refresh 54 Perish Song 59 Sky Attack

Generation IV Level Move Type Cat. Start Growl Peck Sing Astonish Pluck 5 Astonish 9 Sing 13 Fury Attack 18 Safeguard 23 Mist 28 Take Down 32 Natural Gift 35 DragonBreath 39 Dragon Dance 46 Refresh 54 Dragon Pulse 62 Perish Song 70 Sky Attack

By TM/HM

#	Generation III	Generation IV
TM02	Dragon Claw	Dragon Claw
TM05	Roar	Roar
TM06	Toxic	Toxic
TM10	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day	Sunny Day
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice Beam
TM15	Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam
TM17	Protect	Protect
TM18	Rain Dance	Rain Dance
TM20	Safeguard	Safeguard
TM21	Frustration	Frustration
TM22	SolarBeam	SolarBeam
TM23	Iron Tail	Iron Tail
TM26	Earthquake	Earthquake
TM27	Return	Return
TM32	Double Team	Double Team
TM35	Flamethrower	Flamethrower
TM38	Fire Blast	Fire Blast
TM40	Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace
TM42	Facade	Facade
TM43	Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest
TM45	Attract	Attract
TM46	Thief	Thief
TM47	Steel Wing	Steel Wing
TM51		Roost
TM58		Endure
TM59		Dragon Pulse
TM68		Giga Impact
TM77		Psych Up
TM78		Captivate
TM82		Sleep Talk
TM83		Natural Gift
TM85		Dream Eater
TM87		Swagger
TM88		Pluck
TM90		Substitute
HM02	Fly	Fly
HM06	Rock Smash	Rock Smash

By breeding

• Agility
• Haze
• Pursuit
• Rage

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Shadow moves		Level 36+	Purified moves
Shadow Break	???		Heal Bell	Normal
Shadow Mist	???		--
Shadow Rave	???		--
--			--

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Evolve
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: Evolve	Friend Area: Flyaway Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Mmm~♪ Hmm~♪ I like to hum to myself.
26%-50% HP	Oh, no. I have only about half my HP left.
1%-25% HP	I feel faint... I haven't the energy to even hum...
Level Up	Mmm~♪ Hmm~♪ Leveling up makes me cheery!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:	Loops: 10	Minimum Experience: 280
Poké Assist:	Field Move: Gust x3	Maximum Experience: 330
Altaria hides by summoning dense fog. It flaps its wings to create gusts.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Cut x2

Evolution

Basic Swablu

Level 35 Altaria

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 334.png			Image:Spr 3f 334.png
	Image:Spr 3r 334 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 334 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 334 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 334 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 334.png		Image:Spr 4p 334.png
			Image:Spr 4p 334 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 334 s.png

For other sprites and images, please see Altaria images on Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Altaria is the only dual-type Dragon/Flying Pokémon that isn't a pseudo-legendary or a legendary.
• Altaria is also the only Dragon-type that is part of a two-stage evolutionary line.

Origin

Altaria is based on a bird of some variety mixed with cotton or a cloud.

Name origin

Altaria's name is a combination of the words alto, Italian for high, and aria, Italian for air, which both refer to this Pokémon's behavior of singing wonderful melodies. Its Japanese name may refer to Tyl, also known as Epsilon Draconis, a star in the Draco constellation. Its English name may also refer to the star Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila.

In other languages

• German: Altaria
• French: Altaria
• Korean: 파비코리 Pabikori

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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