The Chaotic Explosion of Regional Bird Pokemon. 🐦🦢🦜🦉🐦‍⬛🦅🕊️

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Pidgey made me misspell the word pigeon as pidgeon for like 15 years.

I will always still include Pelipper and Fearow in the Regional Bird term. It's like saying "every generation can only have 1 pseudo legendary" and then Hoenn has 2 anyway, so you now have to pick one.

1:21:04 “How did they decide they were different species??” Up and coming bio student here with a fun fact! While I don’t know the specifics for these birds, what I’ve been taught is that, in the biology world, species are defined by whether or not they can reproduce with each other and create fertile offspring. This is why horses and donkeys can breed to make mules, but because mules are infertile, horses and donkeys are considered separate species, and mules are considered hybrids. Edit: Please read the replies, they’re much more informative than I am, cackles.

I hope we get another video like this with the other regional staples like the regional bugs and route 1 mammals

The unfezant section actually give me feelings, because I have a special place in my heart for unfezant. It was my first ever strong Pokémon card I ever had. 😅

The notion that Noctowl drops the "time" theme entirely isn't really true. Noctowl's head adornments are like a horned owl, but they also look exactly like the tops of old grandfather clocks, with 2 pediments and especially the finial (the prong in the middle) giving this away. These are SUPER common decorations on really old grandfather clocks. For that matter I'm pretty sure Noctowl is supposed to look like a literal grandfather---it's old and wise, he's supposed to have "Father Time" vibes. And I think the reason Noctowl turns its head upside-down rather than backwards is because this mimics the direction clock hands turn in. I wanna say the triangular feathers on the belly also resemble something clock-related, but I no longer remember what the resemblance was. :/

I count the Wingull line as a regional bird in my headcanon. I just like the concept that Hoenn is a region of doubles: introduction of double battles, two evil teams, two pseudo-legendaries, two Pikachu clones, and lots of "paired" Pokémon (Lunatone/Solrock, Zangoose/Seviper). Thus, two regional birds as well. :D

I love how birds have become more complex with time, I cant wait to see what they'll do next!

I think a video about regional bug would be a nice sequel to this.

I’d argue with new changing definitions of what a regional bird is that Wingull and Pelipper are in fact the regional birds of Hoenn. They’re avaible before Tailow is and the only reason they weren’t counted as one in the past was due to the water/flying typing as opposed to normal/flying. However the Talonflame, Corviknight and Kilowattrel lines have proven that is no longer the case and therefore Wingull and Pelipper are the regional birds of Hoenn.

We got the Pirate Bird I wanted in this generation, but it wasn't the starter. The way Quaxly was designed I really thought it would've became a pirate bird. But at least we still got it in Kilowatrel, which I do like.

I hope Pokemon continues on having different types instead of always normal and diverse avian species.

Only YOU could find a way to talk about bird Pokemon for TWO HOURS!!! You are a master!

Honestly, the Rookidee line will always be my favorite of the regional birds.

I had a rooster. He crowed whenever the hell he felt like it. God I miss that bird.

For my fakemon region based on the Midwest, my regional birds are normal/flying, but this is due to them being Arceus worshipers and being based on Catholocism because they're cardinals, which is both a species and a rank in the papacy.

I've come up with a single regional bird definition that holds so far for every generation. "The first non starter, non single member evolution line in the regional pokedex that was introduced in it's region's paired games and has every member of the evolution line be flying type." This definition gives the following members: Gen 1 - Pidgey line Gen 2 - Hoothoot line Gen 3 - Taillow line Gen 4 - Starly line Gen 5 - Pidove line Gen 6 - Fletchling line Gen 7 - Pikipek line Gen 8 - Rookidee line Gen 9 - Wattrel line

Now you got me thinking up names for Talonflame. Ospyre is one that immediately comes to mind. A combination of Osprey and Pyre.

I think a decent definition of regional bird would be: The first multi-stage evolutionary line (not counting starters) of bird pokemon in the regional pokedex. Bird pokemon is just defined as a pokemon that visually resembles a bird, usually flying type but not by requirement. Pidgey is before Spearow Hoothoot is before Natu Taillow is before Wingull Starly is the only Sinnoh bird pokemon with more than one stage (Honchkrow is an added stage of a prior pokemon, and even then Starly is before Honchkrow in the pokedex) Pidove is before Rufflet Fletchling is before Spritzee Pikipek is the only Alolan bird pokemon with more than one stage Rookidee is the only Galarian bird pokemon with more than one stage Wattrel is after Squawkabilly, but Squawkabillly only has one stage. Wattrel is before Flittle. This definition accounts for all the bird pokemon in this video, and I wouldn't be surprised if it continues to hold true