Delibird is a red penguin-like Pokémon with a sack-like tail. It has a patch of fluffy feathers on its chest that resembles a beard. Delibird has a white face with black rings around its eyes. Delibird's beak and feet are light-yellow.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Delibird's most famous power is that it attacks by giving presents to its opponents. These presents, glowing orbs pulled from inside its tail, often explode, damaging the enemy. However, this move is unpredictable, even for the Delibird. The effect of the present could harm an opponent, or it could even help it!
Pokémon Stadium 2: Delibird stars in its own mini-game called "Delibird's Delivery." In this game, you collect presents from one side of the field to the other. The player must avoid Swinub that scurry around or the Swinub will trip the delibird and cause the player to lose the present they were carrying.
Delibird carries its food bundled up in its tail. There once was a famous explorer who managed to reach the peak of Mt. Everest thanks to one of these Pokémon sharing its food.
Delibird carries its food bundled up in its tail. There once was a famous explorer who managed to reach the peak of Mt. Everest thanks to one of these Pokémon sharing its food.
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Delibird's cry sounds very much like a short version of Lugia's cry.
Unusual for a Template:Type2 that is able to learn Fly, Delibird is unable to learn Roost.
Although Penguins are unable to Fly, Delibird, a Penguin-like Pokémon, can learn the move.
Delibird is one of the few Pokémon who cannot learn STAB attacks naturally, only by TMs and egg moves.
Delibird, along with Articuno, is the only Ice type Pokémon whose other type is Flying.
Delibird is unique for the fact that it's one of the few Pokémon who can learn TM moves when it learns less than 4 moves by leveling up.
Even though penguins appear only in the southern hemisphere of the earth, Delibird is owned by the north-dwelling Santa Claus.
Its sprites in Generation II had shorter head feathers, and it didn't have many feathers behind it's head, making it look somewhat bald.
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.
Name origin
Delibird's name is a combination of delivery and bird. The first two syllables of the name may have derived from the Adelie Penguin.
In other languages
German: Botogel - From Bote (messenger) and Vogel (bird).
French: Cadoizo - From cadeau (present) and oiseau (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 Delibird images on Bulbagarden Archives.
