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Murkrow ヤミカラス Yamikarasu #198
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Dark Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Darkness Pokémon
Abilities Insomnia or Strong Luck Strong Luck Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #208 Hoenn #343 Sinnoh #074 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 1'8" Imperial 0.5 m Metric 1'8"/0.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 4.6 lbs. Imperial 2.1 kg Metric 4.6 lbs./2.1 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Black	Catch rate 30 (3.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Flying group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 107 Battle Exp.: 1071*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

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

Biology

Physiology

Murkrow is a small bird Pokémon with black feathers. Murkrow's feathery tail bears the resemblance of end of a broom. Murkrow has a crooked, yellow beak, a feather-crest that remebles a witch's hat and semi-circle eyes with red pupils.

Gender differences

Females have a smaller feather crest.

Special abilities

Behavior

Murkrow have a fondness for anything that's sparkly and 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 bond to get itself lost.

Habitat

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

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

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

A flock of Murkrow stole Ash's badges in EP184.

A Murkrow was owned by a witch named Lily in EP241.

While Ash and co. were searching for a restaraunt called "Noodle Gnosh", they were attacked by a flock of Murkrow in AG125. 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.

In the manga

In the TCG

In the TFG

One Murkrow figure has been released.

• Next Quest: Murkrow

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold / Pokémon LeafGreen

Feared and loathed by many, it is believed to bring misfortune to all those who see it at night.

Pokémon Silver / Pokémon FireRed

It is said that when chased, it lures its attacker onto dark mountain trails where the foe will get lost.

Pokémon Crystal

It hides any shiny object it finds in a secret location. Murkrow and Meowth loot one another's stashes.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Murkrow was feared and loathed as the alleged bearer of ill fortune. This Pokémon shows strong interest in anything that sparkles or glitters. It will even try to steal rings from women.

Pokémon Emerald

Murkrow were feared as the alleged bearers of ill fortune. It shows strong interest in anything that sparkles. It will even try to steal rings from women.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Note: If Miracle Eye is used, the effectiveness of Psychic becomes 100.

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

• Whirlwind
• Drill Peck
• Mirror Move
• Wing Attack
• Sky Attack
• Confuse Ray
• Featherdance
• Perish Song
• Psycho Shift
• Screech
• Faint Attack

By tutoring

Special moves

Evolution

Trivia

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.

Name origin

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

In other languages

• German: Kramurx
• French: Cornebre
• Korean: 니로우 Nirou

Related articles

• Shinji's Murkrow

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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