Bombirdier holding its apron, which it uses to carry various items
Bombirdier is a white avian Pokémon resembling a stork. It has black slanted eyes with black eyeliner-like markings around them, a long reddish pink beak with a rounded bump on the tip, and a small fan-like crest on the back of its head. It has a long neck and tall, thin, reddish pink legs, with three toes facing forward and one toe facing backward on each foot. Its claws are black, as are the feathers on the tips of its wings, on its lower body, and on the inside of its tail, which has a squared end.
Hanging from Bombirdier's chest is a long white apron made of its own shed feathers, which droops down past its legs. When flying, Bombirdier holds the end of this apron in its beak. It uses the apron to gather food, such as Basculin, and bring them to its nest. Bombirdier also gathers various objects such as rocks in its apron, which it then drops from high places for fun. It particularly enjoys dropping objects that cause loud noises.
The player and Arven eventually found it in West Province (Area One) to find the Herba Mystica it guards and defeated it, forcing it to flee. After both took its Herba Mystica, Bombirdier became a normal-sized Pokémon once again. After this, it can be rematched in its original location, and will have the Titan Mark when captured.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Bombirdier, the Item Drop Pokémon. A Flying and Dark type. Bombirdier uses the apron on its chest to bring food back to its nest. It enjoys dropping things that make loud noises.
Biri-Biri
A Bombirdier, namely the Open Sky Titan, briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video for Biri-Biri.
A Bombirdier appeared in PT15, as one of the many Pokémon angered by Akira's Capsakid's spicy bite.
Dragonite and the Special Delivery
Bombirdier in Dragonite and the Special Delivery
A Bombirdier appeared in Dragonite and the Special Delivery. It snatched Hana's letter while she was trying to find its sender, although Hana managed to take it back off-screen.
Bombirdier can have a 50% boost in damage for four types at once: two via STABs (Flying and Dark), one via its signature AbilityRocky Payload (Rock), and one via Terastallizing into any of the remaining 15 types. It is the only Pokémon capable of this without the use of any moves.
If the Ability Steely Spirit is at play, and the weather is either sunny or rainy, Bombirdier can have a 50% damage boost for six types at once (Flying, Dark, Rock, Steel, Fire/Water, and any of the remaining 13 types via Terastallizing).
Bombirdier is the only dual-type Flying/Dark Pokémon to have Flying as its primary type instead of its secondary type.
Bombirdier's Shiny coloration resembles the Oriental stork, with its grey beak and red eye markings. In Japanese folklore, the Oriental stork is often mistaken for the crane, and depicted atop pine trees in traditional Japanese art. In fact, this behavior is only observed in storks, while no crane species except crowned cranes nests or roosts on trees. The crest on Bombirdier could be based on that of crowned cranes.
Bombirdier's tool usage also bears semblance to the habit of some Old World vultures that drop rocks and other objects in order to crack them open. Its black facial markings may specifically pull from the bearded vulture, and its crest may reference the Egyptian vulture, both species that use this technique.
Name origin
Bombirdier may be a combination of bombardier and bird.
Otoshidori may be a combination of 落とし otoshi (drop) and 鳥 tori (bird).
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Bombirdier images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
