Murkrow (Pokémon)

Murkrow ヤミカラス Yamikarasu

Artwork from FR/LG

Types Species  Dark  Flying  Darkness Pokémon Abilities Exp. at 100 Insomnia or Super Luck 1,059,860 Pokédex National #198 Johto #213* Hoenn #343* Sinnoh #074 Browser Fiore R-046 Almia R-185 Height Weight 1'08" 4.6 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Black 30 Gender ratio 50% male 50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Flying 21 (5355 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Exp. 107 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. II-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Murkrow (Japanese: ヤミカラス Yamikarasu) is a dual-type Dark/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Honchkrow via Dusk Stone.

Biology

Physiology

Murkrow is a small bird Pokémon with black feathers. Murkrow's shaggy, feathery tail bears the resemblance of the end of a broom, especially with the small, short, red-colored rod-like beginning segment of it. Murkrow has a crooked, yellow beak that resembles a witch's nose, a feather-crest that resembles a witch's hat and semi-circular eyes with red pupils. Murkrow’s neck seems thin in comparision to the size of the head it supports, with an extension of feathers on its neck like a collar. Murkrow has four toes on its yellow feet, three forward and one backward.

Gender differences

Females have a smaller feather crest.

Special abilities

Being a Dark-type, it has most of the abilities and attributes that are standard to them. It also has an effect of unluckiness about it, but it mostly applies to its opponents. It's also possible to train one to repeat words like a real world parrot, although Chatot is more famous for this ability.

Behavior

Murkrow have a fondness for anything that's sparkly and has been known to steal things such as jewelry from people and hide them in all sorts of secret locations. It is these kleptomaniac tendencies that make Murkrow rivals with Meowth. Whenever a Murkrow finds itself being chased, it will lead the attacker to a dark mountain trail where the foe is bound to get itself lost.

Habitat

Forest Pokémon

Murkrow usually live in forests or swamps, but they have been known to move into cities.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Murkrow, like Honchkrow, are scavengers, and will eat most anything.

In the anime

Murkrow in the anime

Major appearances

Paul's Murkrow

Paul has a Honchkrow who evolved from his Murkrow. It debuted in Top-Down Training!.

Other

Murkrow have been seen causing trouble in Big Town. The first instance was in Pikachu & Pichu in which Pikachu landed on their pole.

A flock of Murkrow stole Ash's badges in All That Glitters.

A Murkrow was owned by a witch named Lily in Hocus Pokémon.

While Ash and friends were searching for a restaurant in Like a Meowth to a Flame, they were attacked by a flock of Murkrow. Ash's Pikachu tried to scare the Murkow away with Thunderbolt, but they kept on coming back. Tyson's Meowth got rid of the Murkrow by using Fury Swipes on them.

Minor appearances

A group of Murkrow appeared in Destiny Deoxys.

Several Murkrow appeared in The Rise of Darkrai. However, the Murkrow that appeared had higher pitched voices than in the anime.

A Murkrow also appeared in DP148.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver and Crystal all have Murkrow. However, Silver is the only one who actually has it on his team. Gold caught one at the start of Volume 8 while Crystal caught hers as one of the many Pokémon she captured for Professor Oak's research.

Karen is later seen with two Murkrow. Like Silver, she uses them for flight transport.

In the TCG

Main article: Murkrow (TCG)

In the TFG

One Murkrow figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Murkrow

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness: Murkrow and Shuppet are members of Team Ebony.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Stats

Base stats

Pokéthlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Pokémon Colosseum
Shadow moves		Level 43+	Purified moves
Shadow Rush	Shadow		Faint Attack	Dark
--			Mean Look	Normal
--			Night Shade	Ghost
--			Fly	Flying

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.2%	Friend Area: Flyaway Forest
Phrases
51%-100% HP	Don't blame me if you get lost in dungeons!
26%-50% HP	I have half my HP left, and that's about it.
1%-25% HP	I'm doomed... I don't know my way around...
Level Up	There, I've leveled up. I hope nothing ominous happens...
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Dark	Loops: 9	Minimum Experience: 48
Poké Assist: ( Dark )	Field Move: None	Maximum Experience: 62
"Murkrow misleads people that enter its forest. Don't lose sight of it!"
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 6.4%	IQ Group: D
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Group:  Dark	Poké Assist: ( Dark )	Field Move: (Cut ×1)
"It attacks by releasing a dark pulse."

Evolution

Unevolved Murkrow  Dark  Flying

Dusk Stone →

First evolution Honchkrow  Dark  Flying

Sprites

Gen	Game
I	Red	Blue	Yellow	Red (Ja)	Green	Back
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation I.
II	Gold	Silver	Crystal			Back
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
			File:Spr 3e 198 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 198 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

• Murkrow shares the same species name with Sableye. They are both known as Darkness Pokémon.
• No other Pokémon shares its type combination as Murkrow and its evolution.
• Despite being a Generation II Pokémon, it was actually native to Kanto in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. The same is true for Slugma and Houndour.
• Murkrow has a higher Speed stat than its evolution.

Origin

Murkrow resembles a crow, however its crest can be taken to resemble a pointed hat, and its tail the bristles of a broom, giving it a resemblance to a witch in flight. In regards to its Generation IV evolution, it can also be taken to resemble a gang member under a head Honchkrow.

Name origin

Murkrow's name is a combination of murky and crow. Also possibly a combination of murder, in this case meaning a group of crows, and crow.

Its Japanese name is a combination of 闇 yami, dark, and 烏 karasu, crow.

In other languages

• German: Kramurx - From Krähe (crow) and Murks (botch, noun).
• French: Cornebre - From corneille (crow) and Ténèbre (darkness).
• Korean: 니로우 Nirou

Related articles

• Paul's Murkrow

External links

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