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Noctowl ヨルノズク Yorunozuku #164
Artwork from GSC
Type Normal Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Owl Pokémon
Abilities Insomnia or Keen Eye Keen Eye Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,000,000
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto #016 Hoenn #319 Sinnoh #107 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 5'3" Imperial 1.6 m Metric 5'3"/1.6 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 89.9 lbs. Imperial 40.8 kg Metric 89.9 lbs./40.8 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Brown	Catch rate 90 (11.8%)
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.: 162 Battle Exp.: 1621*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=noctowl|ndex=164|name=Noctowl }}

Noctowl (Japanese: ヨルノズク Yorunozuku) is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Noctowl first apeared in EP154. A man was trying to capture a Shiny, midget Noctowl by using traps, but kept failing due to the Owl Pokémon's intelligence. After Team Rocket was sent flying, the Noctowl allowed Ash to have the chance to capture it. Ash's Noctowl was used very much like his Pidgeotto, but it also had access to Psychic attacks such as Confusion which contribute greatly to Ash's victory against Morty. Ash left his Noctowl at Prof. Oak's lab when he set out for the Hoenn Region.

In the Manga

In the TCG

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold / Pokémon LeafGreen

Its eyes are specially adapted. They concentrate even faint light and enable it to see in the dark.

Pokémon Silver / Pokémon FireRed

When it needs to think, it rotates its head 180 degrees to sharpen its intellectual power.

Pokémon Crystal

Its extremely soft feathers make no sound in flight. It silently sneaks up on prey without being detected.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Noctowl never fails at catching prey in darkness. This Pokémon owes its success to its superior vision that allows it to see in minimal light, and to its soft, supple wings that make no sound in flight.

Pokémon Emerald

It unfailingly catches prey in darkness. Noctowl owe their success to superior vision that allows them to see in minimal light, and to their supple and silent wings.

Game Locations

Side Games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/HM

By breeding

By tutoring

Special moves

Origin

Noctowl's appearance is based on that of the Japanese Eagle Owl. Who were seen as wise divine messengers of the gods.

Name origin

Noctowl's name is a combination of nocturnal and owl. Its Japanese name is a combination of 夜 yoru, night, and 木菟 mimizuku, horned owl. The French corruption stands for nocturnal Snowy Owl.

In other languages

• German: Noctuh
• French: Noarfang
• Korean: 야부엉 Yabueong

External links

Article on Wikipedia

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