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According to notes found in the {{ka|Pokémon Mansion}}, the legendary birds were first discovered by and recorded by the Pokémon Research Team.<ref name="Pokémon Research Team">"There's an e-mail message. … … … There are three legendary bird POKéMON. They are ARTICUNO, ZAPDOS, and MOLTRES. Their whereabouts are unknown. We plan to explore the cavern close to CERULEAN. From: POKéMON RESEARCH TEAM…" ({{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}})</ref> [[Blaine]] and [[Mr. Fuji]] also recorded notes and sightings of the winged mirages.

In [[Galar]]'s [[Crown Tundra]], the original legendary birds were thought to periodically travel there, but it is eventually discovered that the trio of birds seen there were in reality, Galarian variants of the original trio, that travelled all over the world but annually flew back to the Crown Tundra's [[Dyna Tree Hill|Dyna Tree]] to feed on its {{Berries}} and even fight between themselves to have the Berries for themselves. Not much is known about the relation between the Galarian and Kantonian birds, but their Pokédex entries imply that the Galarian ones were either the birds' original appearances or that they are unrelated entirely.

In the anime, {{an|Professor Oak}} states that Articuno and Moltres's combined powers of ice and fire are the source and cradle of the oceans, and that Zapdos's electric energy creates the currents and streams, which is why the three ancient creatures are closely bound to the guardian of the ocean, {{p|Lugia}}. It is also the only one capable of stopping the trio's conflict, which causes great natural disaster all over the planet.