Swablu have a low tolerance to dirty things; they love to rub their cottony wings onto dirty, dusty objects. Once their cleanup is made, they fly to a nearby river and wash their wings, removing all dirt and dust. They usually are not afraid of people, and tend to lay on their heads.
Swablu have a low tolerance to dirty things; they love to rub their cottony wings onto dirty, dusty objects. Once their cleanup is made, they fly to a nearby river and wash their wings, removing all dirt and dust. They usually are not afraid of people, and tend to lie on their heads.
Swablu is a round, blue parrot-like creature with two long feathers on top of its head, and fluffy, white wings that resemble cotton or clouds. It has a short, rounded white beak, white feet, and small blue tail feathers.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Swablu can sing Pokémon and people to sleep, and cleans things with its cottony wings.
Behavior
Swablu have a low tolerance to dirty things; they love to rub their cottony wings onto dirty, dusty objects. Once their cleanup is made, they fly to a nearby river and wash their wings, removing all dirt and dust. They usually are not afraid of people, and tend to lie on their heads.
Swablu have been depicted to consume the acorn-like berries growing on the bushes of Grotle.
In the anime
Swablu in the anime
Major appearances
Swablu's first major role was in True Blue Swablu. A Swablu got lost from its flock and got its wing injured. After the wing was healed, it took Ash and his friends some time to give the Swablu the courage to fly again. At the end of the episode, Swablu was going to come with May until it was re-united with its flock.
Swablu has light and fluffy wings that are like cottony clouds. This Pokémon is not frightened of people. It lands on the heads of people and sits there like a cotton-fluff hat.
Swablu loves to make things clean. If it spots something dirty, it will wipe and polish it with its cottony wings. If its wings become dirty, this Pokémon finds a stream and showers itself.
A Pokémon that has wings like cottony clouds. After enduring winter, in which little food is available, Swablu flocks move closer to towns in the spring.
Swablu and Onix are the only dual-type Pokémon whose evolved forms have a different primary type, but the same secondary type. All other dual-type Pokémon that evolve either evolve into a Pokémon with the same two types or have the secondary type change, with the exception of Gloom, which can evolve into Bellossom, losing its secondary type.
No other Pokémon evolve into their final Dragon-type stage as early as Swablu. It evolves into Altaria at Level 35.
Origin
Swablu is based on a Bluebird combined with cotton or a cloud. It also shares traits more specifically with the ultramarine lorikeet. Behaviorally, it is similar to the Grey Jay in that they are both given to sitting on people's heads.
Name origin
Swablu may be a combination of swab (referring to its cotton swab-like wings) and blue. Swa may also derive from swallow, a type of bird.
Tyltto may refer to Tyl—also known as Epsilon Draconis—a star in the constellation Draco, the Dragon. It may also be a reference to the play L'Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird) by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. The story is about two siblings, Mytyl and Tyltyl (ミチル Michiru and チルチル Chiruchiru in the Japanese translation of the play), who are tasked with finding the "blue bird of happiness."
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 Swablu images on Bulbagarden Archives.
