Brave Bird (move)

Brave Bird is a Flying-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

The user charges at the foe, damaging it heavily. It also takes some damage from the hit itself.

In the anime

Reggie's Staraptor coated by fire.

Staraptor's now blue.

Ash's Staravia on fire.

Staravia blue all over.

Staraptor: Staraptor flies up, closes its wings as it flies, is coated by fire, and dives down on the foe. When it makes contact with the foe the fire disappears and the user turns bright blue all over.

• Used by Reggie's Staraptor in Lost Leader Strategy!.

Staravia: Same as above.

• Used by Ash's Staravia from Crossing the Battle Line! to ????

Learnset

Generation IV

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	49
396		Starly	Normal	Flying	37
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying	43
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying	49
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#		Pokémon	Type		Father
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
276		Taillow	Normal	Flying	Starly, Staravia, Staraptor
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.

In other languages

• French: Rapace
• Italian: Baldeali
• Spanish: Pájaro Osado
• German: Sturzflug

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.