Taillow (Pokémon)

Taillow スバメ Subame

Artwork from R/S/E

Types Species  Normal  Flying  TinySwallow Pokémon Ability Exp. at 100 Guts 1,059,860 Pokédex National #276 Johto #— Hoenn #025 Sinnoh #— Browser Fiore R-036 Almia R-006 Height Weight 1'00" 5.1 lbs. Pokédex color Footprint Body style Catch rate Blue 200 Gender ratio   50% male   50% female Egg groups Egg cycles Flying 16 (4080 steps*) EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 1 Exp. 59 External links On Legendary Pokémon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV On Eevee's Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Psypoke Pokédex On Pokecharms Pokédex (Gen. III-IV) On Marriland Pokédex (Gen. IV) Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Taillow (Japanese: スバメ Subame) is a dual-type Normal/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves into Swellow starting at level 22.

Biology

Physiology

Taillow are small bird Pokémon with dark blue feathers with patches of red on their chest and forehead. Their wingtips are elongated and configured for speed and maneuverability. They also possess two sharp tail feathers. Their beak is somewhat short, but pretty wide.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Taillow have fantastic speed and aerial abilities. In addition to this, they become even more aggressive if they are attacked.

Behavior

Much like other small bird Pokémon like Pidgey, Spearow and Starly, they congregate in big flocks looking for food to eat. Unlike the more docile Pidgey, they are very brave for such small Pokémon, and will even stand up to much larger Pokémon. However, they tend to balk when they are hungry and they dislike cold climates. So they tend to migrate to look for food and warm weather.

Habitat

Grassland Pokémon

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

As its Pokédex entry implies, it hunts for Wurmple. They may also have a taste for fruit and berries, especially the Charti Berry, which they can be sometimes found with.

In the anime

Taillow in the anime

Taillow first appeared in You Can Never Taillow. The TinySwallow Pokémon was the first Pokémon that Ash captured in Hoenn. Ash's Taillow evolved into Swellow in That's Just Swellow during the final round of the PokéRinger competition.

Team Rocket helped Professor Brown to stop a flock of Taillow from attacking the crops of a village in which the residents thought that the Rocket Trio were superheroes in We're No Angels.

Ritchie's Taillow, nicknamed "Rose", made an appearance in Oaknapped.

A colony of Taillow appeared in A Staravia is Born!.

Pokédex entries

In the TCG

Main article: Taillow (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Colosseum: A Taillow brings berries to an old man in Agate Village every day.
• Pokémon Ranger: In the Rookie mission, the Taillow of one of Ring Town's residents must be captured.

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

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
	Acquisition: Catch
Pokémon Trozei!
	Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
Body size: 1	Recruit Rate: 7.5%	Friend Area: Beau Plains
Phrases
51%-100% HP	What I lack in size, I make up with guts!
26%-50% HP	My HP is down halfway...
1%-25% HP	I can't do this anymore... My wings won't move...
Level Up	All right! I leveled up! Good times!
Pokémon Ranger
Group:  Flying	Loops: 4	Minimum Experience: 14
Poké Assist: ( Flying )	Field Move: (Gust ×1)	Maximum Experience: 18
"Taillow flits about busily. Capture it when it grows tired and rests."
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:  Flying	Poké Assist: ( Flying )	Field Move: (Cut ×1)
"It whips up gusts with its wings to attack."

Evolution

Unevolved Taillow  Normal  Flying

Level 22 →

First evolution Swellow  Normal  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
	This Pokémon did not appear during Generation II.
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald	FireRed	LeafGreen	Back
	File:Spr 3r 276 s.png		File:Spr 3e 276 s.gif	File:Spr 3f 276 s.png		File:Spr b g3 276 s.png
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum	HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back

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

Trivia

Origin

This bird Pokémon resembles a barn swallow.

Name origin

Taillow's name is a combination of tail and swallow. Subame is a corruption of 燕 tsubame, swallow.

In other languages

• German: Schwalbini - From Schwalbe (swallow) and possibly corrupted version of tiny.
• French: Nirondelle - From nid (nest) and hirondelle (swallow).
• Korean: 테일로 Taillow

Related articles

• Ash's Taillow

External links

This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon as a species.