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Swellow オオスバメ Ohsubame #277
Artwork from R/S/E
Type Normal Flying Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Swallow Pokémon
Ability Guts Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #— Johto — Hoenn #026 Sinnoh — Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 2'04" Imperial 0.7 m Metric 2'04"/0.7 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 43.7 lbs. Imperial 19.8 kg Metric 43.7 lbs./19.8 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Blue	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown 50% male, 50% female
Breeding Flying group 16 cycles (4080 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 2 Base Exp.: 162 Battle Exp.: 1621*
External links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Swellow (Japanese: オオスバメ Ohsubame) is a dual-type Normal/Flying Pokémon.

It evolves from Taillow starting at level 22.

Biology

Physiology

Swellow are bigger then their un-evolved form Taillow. They are a brilliant blue with constrasting red breastfeathers and face. They also have sharply shaped wings and tailfeathers that are specifically designed for speed. Swellow also possess red feet that are armed with talons.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Swellow are among the fastest of bird Pokémon, and are very acrobatic in the air. They may also display a suprising amount of vigor and can be quite resiliant.

Behavior

Much like Taillow, Swellow are very stubborn Pokémon and can show a lot of bravery in battle. They also take great pride in their glossy plumage, and often preen the feathers of other Swellow.

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

Swellow's diet has expanded and are now able to take on larger prey, although they still accept fruit and berries such as the Charti Berry. It searches for prey from high above and when it spots one it dives steeply at incredible speed and never misses its target.

In the anime

Swellow first appeared in Candid Camerupt. Vito of the Winstrate Family used it to secretly protect his family.

Ash's Taillow evolved into Swellow in That's Just Swellow during the final round of the PokéRinger tournament. Unlike Pidgeotto and Noctowl, Swellow was a main competitor on Ash's team.

Winona's Template:Shiny2 Swellow debuted in Sky High Gym Battle. Ash battled against it during the Gym battle.

In the TCG

Main article: Swellow (TCG)

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Mystery Dungeon 2: Swellow is one of the members of Team Tasty, alongside Wurmple.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Template:DP type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

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Special moves

Side game data

Template:Side game

Evolution

Template:Evobox/1

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
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Platinum		HeartGold	SoulSilver	Back
V	Black	White	Black 2	White 2			Back

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

Trivia

• Swellow has the highest Speed stat of all dual-type Normal/Flying Pokémon.
  • Swellow also has the highest speed stat of all Normal-type Pokémon.

Origin

Swellow's body resembles a barn swallow, although its head seems to more closely resemble a secretary bird.

Name origin

Swellow's name is a combination of swell and swallow. Ohsubame is a corruption of 大燕 ōtsubame, large swallow. Ohsubame may also mean big Template:P2.

In other languages

• German: Schwalboss - From Schwalben (swallow) and boss.
• French: Heledelle - Possibly from ailé (winged), and hirondelle (swallow).
• Korean: 스왈로 Swallow

Related articles

• Ash's Swellow
• Winona's Swellow

External links

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