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While it is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon, Squawkabilly has four separate forms: Green Plumage, Blue Plumage, Yellow Plumage, and White Plumage.
Squawkabilly is an avian Pokémon resembling a parrot, with a large rounded yellow beak and lazy eyes. It has tan legs with feet shaped in a zygodactyl arrangement; i.e. two toes each on the front and back. Each toe is tipped with a yellow claw. Squawkabilly has a rounded, lumpy black crest on its head that resembles a pompadour, and white feathers on its eyelids, face, belly, and the tips of its wings. The rest of its feathers have different colorations depending on the form, which come in green, blue, yellow, and off-white. The feathers around the bottom of its body are notably longer, giving the appearance of a longcoat.
Squawkabilly are known to be exceptionally noisy. They have a strong sense of community and dislike being alone, so they cooperate and form flocks that can contain more than 50 individuals based on the color of their feathers. In the mornings and evenings, they search for food in forests, towns, and cities; the latter is their preferred habitat, where they fight with other Squawkabilly of different plumes over territory. Green Plumage Squawkabilly make up the largest, most powerful groups, and are viewed by their Blue Plumage counterparts as rivals. Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly are especially fierce, engaging in vicious close combat and driving other bird Pokémon out of towns. White Plumage Squawkabilly have the fewest population numbers, although they are still able to hold territory because their feathers help them camouflage against the white buildings of cities. Squawkabilly once had violent territorial disputes with Fletchling, who inhabit the same rural and urban areas.
In Paldea, Squawkabilly is used for the region's Flying Taxi service. Certain Squawkabilly, such as the one found in Medali in the core series games, and Lucca's in the anime, are shown to be capable of mimicking human speech.
Forms
Squawkabilly has four separate forms: Green Plumage, Blue Plumage, Yellow Plumage, and White Plumage.
Yellow Plumage Squawkabilly debuted in HZ012, alongside Lucca. It was later revealed to actually be under the ownership of Liko's grandmother, Diana. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Horizons: The Series.
Minor appearances
The Green Plumage and Blue Plumage forms of Squawkabilly made their debut in HZ015, as part of the PaldeaFlying Taxi flock. The flock consisted of two of each form of Squawkabilly, except White Plumage.
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet: A Blue Plumage Squawkabilly is a part of the Medali Gym challenge, providing a hint that the player should make a Medium order.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Squawkabilly has four different non-interchangeable forms, each with differently colored plumage. The only functional difference between the forms is their Hidden Abilities, with the Green Plumage and Blue Plumage forms having Guts and the Yellow Plumage and White Plumage forms having Sheer Force.
Squawkabilly seems to be based on a parakeet or a small parrot. It may in particular be inspired by the monk parakeet, an invasive species that forms large flocks in Spain and can have green, blue, yellow, or white plumages, with green being the most common. Given its crest, it may also be loosely based on a cockatoo (mainly a red-tailed black cockatoo).
Squawkabilly's appearance and behavior may be based on punk or delinquent archetypes: the crest above its head resembles a pompadour hairstyle common to the type, and its behavior of flocking together based on plumage colors and being hostile to those of differently colored plumage may represent street gangs and gang violence. Its pompadour hairstyle and noisy behavior could also be inspired by the rocker subculture.
Name origin
Squawkabilly may be a combination of squawk, bill (beak), and rockabilly.
Ikirinko may be a combination of イキり ikiri (slang for a cocky person) and 鸚哥 inko (parrot).
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.