Pidgeotto (Pokémon)

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

Pidgeotto Bird Pokémon ピジョン Pigeon #0017 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Normal Flying Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Keen Eye or Tangled FeetGen IV+ Cacophony Cacophony Big Pecks Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 120 (24.9%)
Breeding Egg Group Flying Hatch time 15 cycles
Height 3'07" 1.1 m Pidgeotto 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 66.1 lbs. 30.0 kg Pidgeotto 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 113 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 122 V+	Leveling rate Medium Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Pidgeotto 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 2 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   Brown	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Pidgeotto (Japanese: ピジョン Pigeon) is a dual-type Normal/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Pidgey starting at level 18 and evolves into Pidgeot starting at level 36.

Biology

Pidgeotto is a raptor-like avian Pokémon. It is covered with brown feathers and has a cream-colored face, underside, and flight feathers. It has a crest of pinkish-red feathers on its head and black, angular markings behind its black eyes. The plumage of its tail has alternating red and yellow feathers with ragged tips. Pidgeotto's beak and legs are pink. Two of its toes point forward, while one points backward. Additionally, it has powerful, sharp talons that it uses to grasp prey.

Pidgeotto is a powerful flier capable of carrying prey several miles to its nest. It has amazing vision, which helps it locate preferred prey Pokémon such as Exeggcute and Magikarp. The Pokémon the Series episode Ash Catches a Pokémon depicts it preying on Caterpie. Pidgeotto claims a sprawling territory of more than 60 miles (100 kilometers), which it defends fiercely. Its nest is usually in the center of its territory and it circles its territory throughout the day, looking out for food and intruders. It is most often found in temperate forests.

In Generation III, Feather Dance was its signature move, but other Pokémon could still inherit it via breeding.

Evolution

Pidgeotto evolves from Pidgey and evolves into Pidgeot.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Pidgey  Normal  Flying

→

First Evolution Pidgeotto  Normal  Flying

→

Second Evolution Pidgeot  Normal  Flying

Game data

NPC appearances

• Pokémon: Magikarp Jump: A Pidgeotto may appear as part of several events, where it will carry away the player's Magikarp when it jumps (and thereby force it to retire). Several Pidgeotto are also seen flying in the background of Magikarp's 100m and higher jumps.

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.

Games		Held items
Red	Blue	Berry (100%)
Yellow

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Pidgeotto is available in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

By leveling up

By TM

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

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM10 TM10 Work Up Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 30 TM11 TM11 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM17 TM17 Protect Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM18 TM18 Rain Dance Water Status 0000— —}}—% 5 TM32 TM32 Double Team Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 15 TM40 TM40 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 06060 —}}—% 20 TM42 TM42 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Rest Psychic Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM45 TM45 Attract Normal Status 0000— 100}}100% 15 TM46 TM46 Thief Dark Physical 06060 100}}100% 25 TM47 TM47 Steel Wing Steel Physical 07070 090}}90% 25 TM51 TM51 Roost Flying Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM58 TM58 Endure Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM82 TM82 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM87 TM87 Swagger Normal Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM88 TM88 Pluck Flying Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM89 TM89 U-turn Bug Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM90 TM90 Substitute Normal Status 0000— —}}—% 10 TM94 TM94 Fly Flying Physical 09090 095}}95% 15 TM97 TM97 Defog Flying Status 0000— —}}—% 15

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

By breeding

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

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Air Cutter Flying Special 60 95% 25 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95% 15 Brave Bird Flying Physical 120 100% 15 Uproar Normal Special 90 100% 10

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Pidgeotto in Generation VIII Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation. Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Pidgeotto in that game. Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Pidgeotto Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Pidgeotto Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By tutoring

By a prior Evolution

Side game data

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve			Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Common
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -19% Friend Area: Flyaway Forest Phrases 51%-100% HP I'll drop foes with my sharp claws! 26%-50% HP My HP's been halved. This is a bit rough. 1%-25% HP I'm nearly done... It hurts to fly... Level up Leveled up! My claws have grown sharper!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: D
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Talk to in Sahra Town Connected to: Froslass Connection Orb Set: 3 Phrases Normal I have really good eyes! Respect my eyes! Low HP (< 50%) I can take all this, no problem!
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Flying Poké Assist: (present) Flying Field move: (present) (Cut ×2) Poké Assist: (past) Flying Field move: (past) (Cut ×1) Browser entry R-002/N-008 It launches twisters.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●● Defense ●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.17 seconds Base HP: 51 Base Attack: 71 Base Defense: 49 Base Speed: 60
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure PokéPark Pad entry: Pidgeotto came to play in the Beach Zone. He enjoys Pelipper's Circle Circuit and Salamence's Air Ace the most!
Pokémon Battle Trozei Flying Attack Power: ★★★★★			Pokémon Shuffle Flying Attack Power: 50 - 100 5 #011 Flap Delays your opponent's disruptions. Swappable Skill(s): Sky Blast
Pokémon GO Base HP: 160 Base Attack: 117 Base Defense: 105 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 1 km Evolution Requirement: 50 Fast Attacks: Wing Attack, Steel Wing Charged Attacks: Twister, Aerial Ace, Air Cutter, Frustration, Return

Evolution data

Unevolved Pidgey  Normal  Flying

Level 18 →

First Evolution Pidgeotto  Normal  Flying

Level 36 →

Second Evolution Pidgeot  Normal  Flying

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back
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 Let's Go, Pikachu! Let's Go, Eevee!
This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation IX.
Cross-Generation HOME

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

In animation

Main series

Pidgeotto in Pokémon the Series: XY

Major appearances

Ash's Pidgeotto

Ash caught a Pidgeotto in Ash Catches a Pokémon, which also marked the species' debut. It stayed as a member of Ash's team until Pallet Party Panic, where it evolved into Pidgeot and was released to protect a flock of wild Pidgey and Pidgeotto.

Other

In Pallet Party Panic, six Pidgeotto were attacked by a flock of Spearow and a Fearow. The flock reappeared in a flashback in Fighting Flyer with Fire. Two of them reappeared in The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!.

In Mountain Time, Benji's father uses a Pidgeotto as part of his patrol, helping people stranded in the mountains. It also helped train Benji's Ledian for its role in the patrol.

In Pokéblock, Stock and Berry, Vladimir has a Pidgeotto that knows Aerial Ace. As a result, he uses it to demonstrate to other Trainers, like Ash and his Swellow, how to use the Flying-type attack.

Minor appearances

A Pidgeotto appeared in a fantasy in The School of Hard Knocks.

In Battle Aboard the St. Anne, multiple Pidgeotto were aboard the St. Anne.

In Pokémon Fashion Flash, a Pidgeotto was on Scissor Street.

A Pidgeotto appeared in a fantasy in Dig Those Diglett!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in The Breeding Center Secret.

In Showdown at the Po-ké Corral, multiple Pidgeotto among the Pokémon living at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

In Round One - Begin!, a Trainer's Pidgeotto participated in the Indigo Plateau Conference.

In Friends to the End, a Trainer's Pidgeotto was at the closing ceremonies of the Indigo Plateau Conference.

In In the Pink, a pink Pidgeotto appeared in Team Rocket's fantasy.

In The Power of One, multiple Pidgeotto sensed the disturbance caused by Lawrence III.

A wild Pidgeotto appeared in Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.

In Flower Power, a Pidgeotto was a part of Florando's annual Pokémon Exhibition.

In Pikachu & Pichu, a Pidgeotto was a resident of Big Town.

A Pidgeotto appeared in a fantasy in Control Freak!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in Celebi: The Voice of the Forest.

In Got Miltank?, two Pidgeotto were inhabitants of a Pokémon-exclusive oasis.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in Let Bagons Be Bagons.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. One also appeared in the opening sequence of the movie.

A Trainer's Pidgeotto appeared in The Ole' Berate and Switch!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't!.

A Pidgeotto briefly appeared in The Rise of Darkrai.

A Pidgeotto appeared in Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! (Part 1).

Multiple Pidgeotto made cameo appearances in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.

A Pidgeotto made a brief appearance in Arceus and the Jewel of Life.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in the opening sequence of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!.

Multiple Pidgeotto briefly appeared in The Forest Champion!.

In Summer of Discovery!, Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!, and Battling Into the Hall of Fame!, a Trainer's Pidgeotto participated in the Pokémon Summer Camp. Another Trainer's Pidgeotto also appeared in a fantasy in the latter episode.

A Trainer's Pidgeotto appeared in Confronting the Darkness!.

In A Relay in the Sky!, a Trainer's Pidgeotto participated in the Pokémon Sky Relay.

A Trainer's Pidgeotto appeared in A Performance Pop Quiz!.

In Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Pidgeotto was a resident of the Nebel Plateau.

In I Choose You!, a Pidgeotto was under the ownership of a Trainer, while others were put under the control of Marshadow.

A Pidgeotto appeared in a photo taken by Rotom in Alola, Kanto!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in The Power of Us.

Ten Pidgeotto appeared in Legend? Go! Friends? Go!, with four of them appearing in a video hologram.

In Working My Way Back to Mew!, Goh attempted to catch a Pidgeotto, only for it to fly off.

Multiple Pidgeotto appeared in Dreams Are Made of These!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in Splash, Dash, and Smash for the Crown!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in Getting More Than You Battled For!.

In Advice to Goh!, Goh again attempted to catch a Pidgeotto, but failed.

Goh successfully caught a Pidgeotto in Take My Thief! Please!.

A Pidgeotto appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part One), under the ownership of a student of Indigo Academy.

Two Pidgeotto appeared in HZ075, during a flashback.

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Origins

In File 1: Red, a Pidgeotto was one of the Pokémon seen in Professor Oak's introduction.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pidgeotto in Pokémon Adventures

Minor appearances

In Pidgeotto Pick-Me-Up, a Pidgeotto and a pair of Pidgeot kidnapped Yellow's Caterpie, Kitty.

Falkner owns a Pidgeotto, which first appeared in Sunkern Treasure. It was first seen flying above Gold and trying to catch a Skarmory.

Pocket Monsters HGSS

In PMHGSS05, Falkner's Pidgeotto battled Red's Clefairy.

Pidgeotto in The Electric Tale of Pikachu

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Main article: Ash's Pidgeotto

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash's Pidgeotto is the fourth Pokémon that Ash captures.

In Play Misty For Me, Ash tries to use his Pidgeotto to battle Misty, but all there is inside its Poké Ball is a note that reads "I'm beat! Off to get some R&R. Don't forget to write! -Pidgeotto". It is unknown if Pidgeotto permanently left Ash's party after this, but it never appeared in the manga again.

Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!

A Pidgeotto appeared in GDZ15.

Ken owns a Pidgeotto, as seen in GDZ16.

A Pidgeotto appeared in GDZ34.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Main article: Gold's Pidgeotto

Gold's Pidgey evolved into a Pidgeotto in A Huge Mysterious Tree!!.

Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon

Takashi owns a Pidgeotto in Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon.

In the TCG

Main article: Pidgeotto (TCG)

Other appearances

POKÉMON Detective Pikachu

A Pidgeotto appeared in POKÉMON Detective Pikachu.

Trivia

• Pidgeotto is the only Pokémon with a base stat total of 349.
• Pidgeotto's early English name was the same as its evolved form Pidgeot.
• In some games, the Pokédex states that Pidgeotto "will fiercely peck at any intruder". However, Pidgeotto is unable to learn Peck.

Origin

Despite its name, Pidgeotto does not resemble a pigeon so much as a bird of prey such as an osprey or an eagle due to its large size and predatory behavior. It also shares some characteristics with various passerine birds such as sparrows, chickadees, waxwings, and wrens. Its red crest is somewhat similar to the crests of cockatoos. The black markings around its eyes are reminiscent of Ra and Horus, the sun and sky gods of Egyptian mythology who were depicted with the heads of falcons.

Name origin

Pidgeotto may be a combination of pigeon and the Italian diminutive suffix -otto. It is also very similar to the romanized spelling of Pidgeot's Japanese name, ピジョット pijotto.

Pigeon is literally pigeon.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ピジョン Pigeon From pigeon French Roucoups From roucouler and coups Spanish Pidgeotto Same as English name German Tauboga From Taube and Bogen Italian Pidgeotto Same as English name Korean 피죤 Pijon From pigeon Mandarin Chinese 比比鳥 / 比比鸟 Bǐbǐniǎo From the partial transcription of its Japanese name and 鳥 / 鸟 niǎo Cantonese Chinese 比比鳥 Beihbeihníuh From the partial transcription of its Japanese name and 鳥 níuh

More languages Hebrew פידג'יוטו Pigiyoto Transcription of English name Hindi पिजियोटो Pidgeotto Transcription of English name Lithuanian Pidžeototas From English name Russian Пиджеотто Pidzheotto Transcription of English name Thai พีเจียน Phichian Transcription of Japanese name

Related articles

• Ash's Pidgeotto
• Gold's Pidgeotto

External links

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