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Delibird デリバード Delibird
Artwork from GSC
National Dex	#225
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Type	Ice / Flying
Species	Delivery Pokémon
Height	2′11″ (0.9m)
Weight	35.3 lbs. (16.0kg)
Abilities	Vital Spirit
	Hustle
Egg groups	Water 1
	Ground
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	1 Spd
Exp. yield	183 base exp.
Lv100 at	800,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀ / 50% ♂
Pokédex color	Red
Catch rate	45
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Delibird (Japanese: デリバード Delibird) is an Ice/Flying-type 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 3.1 In the Pokémon Special manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 NPC appearances 5.2 Pokédex entries 5.3 Game locations 5.3.1 In side games 5.4 Base stats 5.5 Type effectiveness 5.6 Learnset 5.6.1 By leveling up 5.6.2 By TM/HM 5.6.3 By breeding 5.6.4 By tutoring 5.6.5 Special moves 5.7 Side game data 5.8 Evolution 5.9 Sprites 5.10 Trivia 5.10.1 Origin 5.10.1.1 Name origin 5.11 In other languages 6 Related articles 7 External links

Biology

Physiology

Delibird is a red penguin-like Pokémon with a sack-like tail. It has a patch of fluffy feathers on its chest that resembles a beard. Delibird has a white face with black rings around its eyes. Delibird's beak and feet are light-yellow.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Delibird's most famous power is that it attacks by giving presents to its opponents. These presents, glowing orbs pulled from inside its tail, often explode, damaging the enemy. However, this move is unpredictable, even for the Delibird. The effect of the present could harm an opponent, or it could even help it!

Delibird is the only known Pokémon that learns Present by leveling up.

Behavior

Delibird are often delivering items to either Pokémon or people. The deliveries are often from humans, but may be from Pokémon.

Habitat

Delibird tend to live in mountainous regions, making their nests over sharp cliffs.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Delibird first appeared in Delibird's Dilemma under the ownership of Santa Claus. Ash's Totodile shot a Delibird that was delivering presents clear out of the sky with Water Gun-propelled snowball. Pikachu and co. had to help the Delivery Pokémon find the five presents before midnight.

Delibird's first appearance in the main series was in Dues and Don'ts. It was owned by an elderly talent scout from Team Rocket. Since that episode, the Delivery Pokémon kept following Jessie, James and Meowth to collect money that the three of them owe. Fortunately for the Rocket Trio, Delibird was no longer able to tail them since the action moved to the Hoenn Region. This Delibird made one more appearance in Grating Spaces.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Special manga

Delibird appears as one of the Pokémon used by Pryce.

In the TCG

Main article: Delibird (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium 2: Delibird stars in its own mini-game called "Delibird's Delivery." In this game, you collect presents from one side of the field to the other. Make sure you avoid the Swinub that scurry around or you'll lose the present you collected.
• Pokémon Channel: Delibird is the delivery boy for "Shopping with Squirtle".

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
II	Gold	It carries food all day long. There are tales about lost people who were saved by the food it had.
	Silver	It nests at the edge of sharp cliffs. It spends all day carrying food to its awaiting chicks.
	Crystal	It always carries its food with it, wherever it goes. If attacked, it throws its food at the opponent.
	Stadium 2	It carries food all day long. There are tales about lost people who were saved by the food it had.
III	Ruby	Delibird carries its food bundled up in its tail. There once was a famous explorer who managed to reach the peak of Mt. Everest thanks to one of these Pokémon sharing its food.
	Sapphire	Delibird carries its food bundled up in its tail. There once was a famous explorer who managed to reach the peak of Mt. Everest thanks to one of these Pokémon sharing its food.
	Emerald	It carries food bundled up in its tail. There was a famous explorer who managed to scale Mt. Everest thanks to a Delibird sharing its food.
	FireRed	It nests at the edge of sharp cliffs. It spends all day carrying food to its awaiting chicks.
	LeafGreen	It carries food all day long. There are tales about lost people who were saved by the food it had.
IV	Diamond	It carries food rolled up in its tail. It has the habit of sharing food with people lost in mountains.
	Pearl	It carries food rolled up in its tail. It has the habit of sharing food with people lost in mountains.

Game locations

Gen	Game	Rarity	Location
II	Pokémon Gold and Silver	Rare	Ice Path (Silver only)
	Pokémon Crystal	Uncommon	Ice Path
III	Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	None	Trade
	Pokémon Emerald	None	Trade
	Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen	Rare	Icefall Cave (FireRed only)
	Pokémon Colosseum	One	Realgam Tower (Shadow)
	Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness	None	Trade
IV	Pokémon Diamond and Pearl	Swarm	Route 216
	Pal Park		Mountain

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Channel	Upgrade binder
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 19 Endless Level 30 Forever Level 5 Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon	Northwind Field (17F-25F)
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage	Hiaburu Field

Base stats

HP:	45
Attack:	55
Defense:	45
SpAtk:	65
SpDef:	45
Speed:	75

Type effectiveness

Weakness	Resistance
Rock: 4× Steel: 2× Fire: 2× Electric: 2×	Ground: 0× Bug: ½× Grass: ½×	Normal: 1× Fighting: 1× Flying: 1× Poison: 1× Ghost: 1× Water: 1× Psychic: 1× Ice: 1× Dragon: 1× Dark: 1×

Learnset

Delibird is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Level	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
Start	Present	Present	Present

By TM/HM

#	Generation II	Generation III	Generation IV
TM01		Focus Punch	Focus Punch
TM02	Headbutt
TM03	Curse	Water Pulse	Water Pulse
TM06	Toxic	Toxic	Toxic
TM07		Hail	Hail
TM10	Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Hidden Power
TM13	Snore	Ice Beam	Ice Beam
TM14	Blizzard	Blizzard	Blizzard
TM16	Icy Wind
TM17	Protect	Protect	Protect
TM18	Rain Dance	Rain Dance	Rain Dance
TM20	Endure
TM21	Frustration	Frustration	Frustration
TM27	Return	Return	Return
TM31	Mud Slap		Brick Break
TM32	Double Team	Double Team	Double Team
TM34	Swagger
TM35	Sleep Talk
TM39	Swift
TM40		Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace
TM42		Facade	Facade
TM43	Detect	Secret Power	Secret Power
TM44	Rest	Rest	Rest
TM45	Attract	Attract	Attract
TM46	Thief	Thief	Thief
TM56			Fling
TM58			Endure
TM67			Recycle
TM72			Avalanche
TM78			Captivate
TM82			Sleep Talk
TM83			Natural Gift
TM87			Swagger
TM88			Pluck
TM90			Substitute
HM02	Fly	Fly	Fly
HM05			Defog

By breeding

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl:

• Aurora Beam
• Future Sight
• Ice Ball
• Ice Shard
• Ice Punch
• Quick Attack
• Rapid Spin
• Splash

By tutoring

Special moves

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 8.8%	Friend Area: Frigid Cavern
Phrases
51%-100% HP	If you need anything delivered, I'm at your service!
26%-50% HP	Wait a second... Only half my HP is left!
1%-25% HP	I'm finished... I have no energy left at all...
Level Up	Oh, yippee! I leveled up! That makes me happy!
Pokémon Ranger Batonnage
Group:	Poké Assist:	Field Move: Crush

Evolution

Basic Delibird

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
			Image:Spr 2c 225.gif
			Image:Spr 2c 225 s.gif			Image:Spr b g2 225 s.png
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	Image:Spr 3r 225.png			Image:Spr 3f 225.png
	Image:Spr 3r 225 s.png		Image:Spr 3e 225 s.gif	Image:Spr 3f 225 s.png		Image:Spr b g3 225 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum			Back
	Image:Spr 4d 225.png		Image:Spr 4p 225.png
			Image:Spr 4p 225 s.png			Image:Spr b g4 225 s.png

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

Trivia

• Delibird's cry sounds very much like a short version of Lugia's cry.
• Unusually for a Flying-type that is able to learn Fly, Delibird is unable to learn Roost.

Origin

Aspects of Delibird's appearance appear to come from the Rockhopper Penguin. However, its red and white color scheme, its ability to give presents, and the appearance of carrying its sack-like tail may have been derived from the myths about Santa Claus.

Name origin

Delibird's name is a combination of delivery and bird. The first two syllables of the name may have derived from the Adelie Penguin. Its German name, Botogel, comes from Bote and Vogel. Its French name, Cadoizo, comes from cadeau and oiseau.

In other languages

• German: Botogel
• French: Cadoizo
• Korean: 딜리버드 Dillibeodeu
• Chinese: 信使鳥

Related articles

• Delibird (Team Rocket)
• Santa's Delibird

External links

• Article on Wikipedia
• Special Delivery, the fanlisting for Delibird at The Anime Fanlistings Network

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