Bird Keeper (Trainer class)

A Bird Keeper (Japanese: とりつかい Bird Tamer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are generally depicted as young men carrying bird cages, except in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, in which they are female. Their design in HeartGold and SoulSilver appears to have been intended as a male version of the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum design. They seem to be very into bird-keeping and keep many Bird Pokémon in their cages as pets.

They specialize in Template:Type2 Pokémon that are based on birds, like Pidgeot.

Appearance

Bird Keeper Sprites File:GenIBirdkeeper.png File:GSC BirdKeeper.png File:RSE Birdkeeper.png File:FL BirdKeeper.png File:DP Bird Keeper.png File:HGSS Bird Keeper.png Image from Red and Blue Image from Gold, Silver, and Crystal Image from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Image from FireRed and LeafGreen Image from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer List

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

Name	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Abe	lv.9 Spearow
Bird Keeper Bob	lv.34 Noctowl
Bird Keeper Boris	lv.30 Doduo, lv.28 Doduo, lv.32 Dodrio
Bird Keeper Bret	lv.32 Pidgeotto, lv.32 Fearow
Bird Keeper Bryan	lv.12 Pidgey, lv.14 Pidgeotto
Bird Keeper Denis	lv.18 Spearow, lv.20 Fearow, lv.18 Spearow
Bird Keeper Hank	lv.12 Pidgey, lv.34 Pidgeot
Bird Keeper Jose	lv.34 Farfetch’d lv.36 Farfetch’d lv.40 Farfetch’d
Bird Keeper Perry	lv.34 Farfetch’d
Bird Keeper Peter	lv.6 Pidgey, lv.6 Pidgey, lv.8 Spearow
Bird Keeper Rod	lv.7 Pidgey, lv.7 Pidgey
Bird Keeper Roy	lv.29 Fearow, lv.35 Fearow
Bird Keeper Theo	lv.17 Pidgey, lv.15 Pidgey, lv.19 Pidgey, lv.15 Pidgey, lv.15 Pidgey
Bird Keeper Toby	lv.15 Doduo, lv.16 Doduo, lv.17 Doduo
Bird Keeper Vance	lv.25 Pidgeotto, lv.25 Pidgeotto lv.32 Pidgeotto, lv.32 Pidgeotto lv.38 Pidgeot, lv.38 Pidgeot

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

Name	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Aidan	lv.32 Swellow, lv.32 Skarmory
Bird Keeper Alberto	lv.30 Pelipper, lv.30 Xatu
Bird Keeper Alex	lv.33 Natu, lv.33 Swellow
Bird Keeper Benny	lv.36 Swellow, lv.36 Pelipper, lv.36 Xatu
Bird Keeper Beck	lv.34 Tropius
Bird Keeper Chester	lv.25 Taillow, lv.25 Swellow
Bird Keeper Coby	lv.17 Skarmory, lv.19 Swellow
Bird Keeper Colin	lv.28 Wingull, lv.28 Natu
Bird Keeper Darius	lv.30 Tropius
Bird Keeper Elijah	lv.25 Skarmory, lv.25 Skarmory
Bird Keeper Edwardo	lv.29 Doduo, lv.29 Pelipper
Bird Keeper Hugh	lv.25 Wingull, lv.25 Tropius
Bird Keeper Humberto	lv.30 Skarmory
Bird Keeper Jared	lv.27 Doduo, lv.27 Skarmory, lv.27 Tropius
Bird Keeper Josue	lv.25 Taillow, lv.25 Wingull
Bird Keeper Perry	lv.26 Wingull
Bird Keeper Phil	lv.26 Swellow
Bird Keeper Presley	lv.33 Tropius, lv.33 Xatu
Bird Keeper Robert	lv.29 Swablu lv.32 Natu, lv.32 Swablu lv.35 Natu, lv.35 Altaria lv.38 Natu, lv.38 Altaria lv.41 Altaria, lv.41 Xatu

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Name	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Beck	lv.29 Pidgeotto, lv.29 Fearow
Bird Keeper Benny	lv.29 Spearow, lv.29 Fearow lv.32 Fearow, lv.32 Fearow lv.49 Fearow, lv.49 Fearow
Bird Keeper Carter	lv.28 Pidgey, lv.28 Doduo, lv.28 Pidgeotto
Bird Keeper Chaz	lv.47 Spearow, lv.49 Fearow lv.53 Fearow, lv.55 Fearow
Bird Keeper Chester	lv.28 Dodrio, lv.28 Doduo, lv.28 Doduo lv.30 Dodrio, lv.30 Dodrio, lv.30 Doduo lv.48 Dodrio, lv.48 Dodrio, lv.48 Dodrio
Bird Keeper Donald	lv.33 Farfetch’d
Bird Keeper Edwin	lv.26 Pidgeotto, lv.26 Farfetch’d, lv.26 Doduo, lv.26 Pidgey
Bird Keeper Harold	lv.47 Hoothoot, lv.49 Noctowl lv.53 Noctowl, lv.55 Noctowl
Bird Keeper Jacob	lv.26 Spearow, lv.26 Spearow, lv.26 Fearow, lv.26 Spearow lv.28 Fearow, lv.28 Spearow, lv.28 Fearow, lv.28 Spearow lv.47 Fearow, lv.47 Fearow, lv.47 Fearow, lv.47 Fearow
Bird Keeper Keith	lv.39 Farfetch’d, lv.39 Fearow
Bird Keeper Marlon	lv.28 Spearow, lv.28 Doduo, lv.28 Fearow lv.30 Fearow, lv.30 Doduo, lv.30 Fearow lv.48 Fearow, lv.48 Dodrio, lv.48 Fearow
Bird Keeper Milo	lv.47 Pidgey, lv.49 Pidgeotto lv.53 Pidgeotto, lv.55 Pidgeot
Bird Keeper Mitch	lv.26 Pidgey, lv.26 Spearow, lv.26 Pidgey, lv.26 Fearow
Bird Keeper Perry	lv.25 Spearow, lv.25 Pidgey, lv.25 Pidgey, lv.25 Spearow, lv.25 Spearow
Bird Keeper Ramiro	lv.34 Dodrio
Bird Keeper Reed	lv.39 Pidgeotto, lv.39 Pidgeotto, lv.39 Pidgey, lv.39 Pidgeotto
Bird Keeper Robert	lv.26 Pidgey, lv.26 Pidgeotto, lv.26 Spearow, lv.26 Fearow lv.28 Pidgeotto, lv.28 Pidgeotto, lv.28 Fearow, lv.28 Fearow lv.47 Pidgeot, lv.47 Pidgeot, lv.47 Fearow, lv.47 Fearow
Bird Keeper Roger	lv.30 Fearow, lv.30 Fearow, lv.30 Pidgeotto
Bird Keeper Sebastian	lv.29 Pidgey, lv.29 Pidgeotto
Bird Keeper Wilton	lv.29 Spearow, lv.29 Fearow

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Name	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Alexandra	lv.19 Hoothoot
Bird Keeper Audrey	lv.52 Farfetch’d, lv.54 Swellow lv.59 Farfetch’d, lv.59 Swellow
Bird Keeper Autumn	lv.53 Murkrow, lv.57 Honchkrow
Bird Keeper Brianna	lv.27 Hoothoot, lv.27 Noctowl lv.38 Noctowl, lv.42 Noctowl lv.60 Noctowl, lv.60 Noctowl
Bird Keeper Geneva	lv.53 Golbat, lv.57 Xatu
Bird Keeper Hana	lv.46 Noctowl, lv.48 Staraptor
Bird Keeper Katherine	lv.31 Noctowl
Bird Keeper Krystal	lv.55 Dodrio, lv.55 Fearow, lv.55 Honchkrow

Trivia

• Bird Keepers have only appeared with a bird with them in Generation I, and it was outside of its bird cage.
• Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum are the only games not to have exclusively male Bird Keepers; instead, they are all female. HeartGold and SoulSilver's Bird Keepers are once again male, however, and have similar clothing and similarly colored hair to Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum's female Bird Keepers, giving them the appearance of a male counterpart of the female design.

In other languages

• French: Ornithologue
• German: Vogelfänger
• Italian: Avicoltore (M), Avicoltrice (F)
• Korean: 새 조련사 (Sae Joryeonsa)
• Spanish: Ornitólogo (M), Ornitóloga (F)

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