Delibird (Pokémon)

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This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Delibird (disambiguation).

Delibird Delivery Pokémon デリバード Delibird #0225 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ice Flying Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Vital Spirit or Hustle Cacophony Cacophony Insomnia Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 45 (11.9%)
Breeding Egg Groups Water 1 and Field Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 2'11″ 0.9 m Delibird 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 35.3 lbs. 16.0 kg Delibird 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 183 Gen. II-IV Unknown IV 116 V+	Leveling rate Fast
EV yield Total: 1 Delibird 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 1 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Red	Base friendship 70
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

Delibird (Japanese: デリバード Delibird) is a dual-type Ice/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation II.

It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.

The Paradox Pokémon Iron Bundle is said to be a future relative of Delibird or a counterpart of it from a parallel timeline.

Biology

Delibird is a red, avian Pokémon with a white, hollow, and bag-like tail. Its face and chest are covered in white feathers with two, three-pointed crests above its eyes. Black markings surround its circular eyes, and it has a light yellow beak and feet. There is a single white spot on its stomach. Its feet have two digits each.

Delibird is omnivorous and carries collected food bundled up in its tail, which it is frequently seen holding or tucking under its arm. It normally gives this stored food to its chicks, although it is generous enough to also share its food with other Pokémon and even humans, especially those lost or stranded in the mountains. Due to its omnivorous nature, however, it will sometimes offer bug Pokémon for these humans to eat. If attacked, it will also retaliate by throwing its food at the opponent. As mentioned in Pokémon Sleep, Delibird is known to sleep while occasionally reaching inside its tail to pull something out.^[1] Prior to Generation IX, Delibird was the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Present by leveling up. Present allows it to carry special items in its tail that may cause damage or heal its opponent. In a flock, the Delibird with the largest tail is its leader. Delibird tends to live in mountainous regions, making its nests over sharp cliffs; notably around Mt. Everest. Iron Bundle shares a resemblance to Delibird and is believed to be a Delibird-based machine built by an ancient civilization.

Delibird and its Paradox Pokémon counterpart, Iron Bundle are the only Pokémon capable of learning the move Present by leveling up.

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon Stadium 2: Delibird stars in its own mini-game called "Delibird's Delivery." In this game, players collect presents from one side of the field to the other. The player must avoid Swinub that scurry around or they will trip the Delibird and cause the player to lose the present they were carrying.
• Pokémon Channel: Delibird is the delivery boy for the "Shop 'n Squirtle."

Pokédex entries

Delibird in the Alola Pokédex	Delibird in the Paldea Pokédex

Game locations

In side games

In events

Wild Area News

Poké Portal News

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Colosseum		NeverMeltIce (100%)
Events*		Relic Gold (100%)

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM004 TM004 Agility Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM011 TM011 Water Pulse Water Special 06060 100}}100% 20 TM014 TM014 Acrobatics Flying Physical 05555 100}}100% 15 TM018 TM018 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM020 TM020 Trailblaze Grass Physical 05050 100}}100% 20 TM022 TM022 Chilling Water Water Special 05050 100}}100% 20 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM027 TM027 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM032 TM032 Swift Normal Special 06060 00—}}—% 20 TM034 TM034 Icy Wind Ice Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM040 TM040 Air Cutter Flying Special 06060 095}}95% 25 TM043 TM043 Fling Dark Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM046 TM046 Avalanche Ice Physical 06060 100}}100% 10 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM050 TM050 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM052 TM052 Snowscape Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM058 TM058 Brick Break Fighting Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM062 TM062 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TM065 TM065 Air Slash Flying Special 07575 095}}95% 15 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM069 TM069 Ice Punch Ice Physical 07575 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM071 TM071 Seed Bomb Grass Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM090 TM090 Spikes Ground Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM097 TM097 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM102 TM102 Gunk Shot Poison Physical 120120 080}}80% 5 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM106 TM106 Drill Run Ground Physical 08080 095}}95% 10 TM113 TM113 Tailwind Flying Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15 TM124 TM124 Ice Spinner Ice Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM132 TM132 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TM134 TM134 Reversal Fighting Physical 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM135 TM135 Ice Beam Ice Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM143 TM143 Blizzard Ice Special 110110 070}}70% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM164 TM164 Brave Bird Flying Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM174 TM174 Haze Ice Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM187 TM187 Icicle Spear Ice Physical 02525 100}}100% 30 TM192 TM192 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150150 100}}100% 20 TM193 TM193 Weather Ball Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 10 TM197 TM197 Dual Wingbeat Flying Physical 04040 090}}90% 10 TM205 TM205 Endeavor Normal Physical 0000— 100}}100% 5 TM212 TM212 Triple Axel Ice Physical 02020 090}}90% 10 TM216 TM216 Feather Dance Flying Status 0000— 100}}100% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Delibird Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Delibird Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

By breeding

Generation IX Other generations: II - III - IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Aurora Beam Ice Special 65 100% 20 Aurora Veil Ice Status — —% 20 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 * Destiny Bond Ghost Status — —% 5 Fake Out Normal Physical 40 100% 10 Freeze-Dry Ice Special 70 100% 20 Ice Shard Ice Physical 40 100% 30 Memento Dark Status — 100% 10 Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100% 30 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100% 40 Splash Normal Status — —% 40

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Delibird Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Delibird Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Delibird Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

Side game data

Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.8% Friend Area: Frigid Cavern Phrases 51%-100% HP If you need anything delivered, I'm at your service! 26%-50% HP Wait a second... Only half my HP is left! 1%-25% HP I'm finished... I have no energy left at all... Level up Oh, yippee! I leveled up! That makes me happy!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: B
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Traveling Pokémon Connected to: Froslass Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal Delivering presents to all children in the world is my dream! Low HP (< 50%) You should never give up on your dream, no matter how hard it may be to achieve it.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Ice Poké Assist: Ice Field move: (Crush ×1) Browser entry R-209 It hurls hunks of ice to attack.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Ice Poké Assist: (present) Ice Field move: (present) (Crush ×3) Poké Assist: (past) Ice Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entry R-256/N-032 It causes blizzards around itself that make Pokémon Stopped.
Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.58 seconds Base HP: 46 Base Attack: 70 Base Defense: 46 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Delibird gave you the Ice Tree decorations as presents. His favorite Attraction is Empoleon's Snow Slide.
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond PokéPark Pad entry: Maybe because his tail is like a bag, but he is often asked to deliver things to other Pokémon. He can't say no, because he really likes to have others rely on him.
Pokémon Battle Trozei Ice Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Ice Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #144 Chill Delays your opponent's disruptions.			Pokémon Shuffle Ice Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #144 Stabilize++ Sometimes erases five of the foe's disruptions on the board.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 128 Base Attack: 128 Base Defense: 90 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 5 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Present Charged Attacks: Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Aerial Ace, Fly*, Triple Axel*, Frustration, Return
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #167 Delibird have a habit of storing food in their sack-like tails. We even saw one that had stuffed its tail so heavy that it couldn’t even move!
Pokémon Sleep Sleep type: Dozing Pokémon type: Flying Points to befriend: 16 Specialty: Ingredients Berry: Pamtre Berry ×1 Primary ingredient: Fancy Egg ×2 Possible ingredients: Fancy Egg Fancy Apple Soothing Cacao Main skill: Ingredient Magnet S Base carry limit: 20 Gets you 6 ingredients chosen at random. Delibird has a generous habit of sharing its food with people and Pokémon. Sometimes it reaches into its tail to pull something out even while it's sleeping. Try watching closely to see what's inside. Peaceful Sleep Upright Sleep Gift-Giving Sleep Atop-Belly Sleep ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Costumes in Pokémon GO
Holiday ribbon

Evolution data

Unevolved  Ice  Flying

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation II.
Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Major appearances

Delibird (Team Rocket)

Delibird made its animated series debut in Dues and Don'ts, where one was affiliated with an elderly talent scout from Team Rocket. Since that episode, the Delivery Pokémon kept following Jessie, James, and Meowth to collect money that the three of them owe. Eventually, Delibird was unable to tail the Team Rocket trio ever since they moved to the Hoenn region.

Other

Delibird debuted in Delibird's Dilemma, under the ownership of Santa Claus. Ash's Totodile shot it clear out of the sky with a Water Gun-propelled snowball while it was delivering presents. As a result, Pikachu and his friends had to help the Delivery Pokémon find the five presents before midnight.

Minor appearances

In Battling The Generation Gap!, a Coordinator's Delibird competed in the Celestic Contest.

Multiple Delibird appeared in Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction.

Three Trainers' Delibird appeared in The Power of Us.

In Battling on the Wing!, a Trainer's Delibird watched the battles during the Manalo Conference.

A Delibird appeared in Roy and Fuecoco's First Snow!.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

In You Ain't Nothin' but a Houndour, a Delibird attacked Gold under the command of the Masked Man. It is one of his most commonly used Pokémon. It appears to be the same Pokémon used by him in his alias, and was strong enough that it allowed him to capture Ho-Oh. However, Gold was able to knock it out with Polibo's Perish Song.

Pryce owns a Delibird that first appeared with him in his Gym in Irked Igglybuff and Curmudgeonly Cleffa. It is likely to be the same Delibird used by his alias.

Diamond & Pearl arc

In Striking Out Snover, a wild Delibird was near Snowpoint City, being cared for by Candice.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

A Delibird appeared in GDZ67, under the ownership of a monk.

In the TCG

Main article: Delibird (TCG)

Trivia

• Delibird is one of the few Pokémon who can learn TM moves when it learns fewer than four moves by leveling up.
• Delibird has Insomnia as its Hidden Ability although it already has access to Vital Spirit, another Ability with exactly the same in-battle effect.
• Starting in Pokémon Emerald, both of Delibird's regular Abilities have the same field effect, which is also shared by Pressure.

Origin

Aspects of Delibird's appearance appear to come from the rockhopper penguin. However, its red-and-white color scheme, its ability to give presents, and the appearance of carrying its sack-like tail may have been derived from Santa Claus (which is further supported by it being associated with the month of December in various events and it being one of Santa Claus's Pokémon in Pokémon the Series) and possibly the white stork.

Name origin

Delibird may be a combination of delivery and bird. Deli may have derived from the Adélie penguin. Pronouncing Delibird with the same inflection as delivered yields a very similar pronunciation, with the "b" and "v" being the only variation between the two words. As the "v" sound does not exist in the Japanese language, it is commonly pronounced as a "b" sound by Japanese speakers.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese デリバード Delibird From deliver and bird French Cadoizo From cadeau and oiseau Spanish Delibird Same as English name German Botogel From Bote and Vogel Italian Delibird Same as English name Korean 딜리버드 Delibird Transcription of English/Japanese name Mandarin Chinese 信使鳥 / 信使鸟 Xìnshǐniǎo From 信使 xìnshǐ and 鳥 / 鸟 niǎo Cantonese Chinese 信使鳥 Seunsíníuh From 信使 seunsí and 鳥 níuh

More languages Hindi डेलिबर्ड Delibird Transcription of English name Russian Делибёрд Delibyord Transcription of English name Thai เดลิเบิร์ด Deliboet Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Delibird (Team Rocket)

References

External links

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