Altaria is a blue, phoenix-like Pokémon with a long neck and white cheeks. Two long blue feathers extend from the back of its head, and it has a short, hooked white beak. Its body and cloud-like wings are covered in fluffy white feathers. It uses its wings to catch updrafts and glide across the sky. Its blue feet have four toes, three forward and one backward. It has five tail feathers, the outside ones being longer than the inner ones. It is able to sing or hum in a soprano voice, which allows its listeners to have a dreamy experience. Altaria envelops people it loves with its cotton-like wings. It lives in forests.
Major appearances
Altaria's first major role was in Sky High Gym Battle!. Ash's Grovyle battled against one in Ash's Gym battle against Winona, the Gym Leader of Fortree Gym.
An Altaria belonging to Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four appeared in Vanity Affair where it battled against Ash's Grovyle.
Another flock of Altaria and Swablu was seen in Pokémon Ranger - Deoxys Crisis!. The Altaria's sense of direction had gone haywire, so Solana captured one of them to put them back in order.
Grandma Wilma was training an Altaria that appeared in A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!.
Another Altaria appeared in Last Call, First Round!, under the ownership of Nando.
An Altaria appeared in Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future! as a Pokémon students from the Opelucid Academy could borrow to learn how to battle.
Minor appearances
Altaria first appeared in Jirachi: Wish Maker. It was one of the Pokémon that lived in Forina, Jirachi's home.
There were some Altaria in the flock that an injured Swablu belonged to, in True Blue Swablu.
Altaria appeared in the opening of Destiny Deoxys.
Altaria had a cameo appearance in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. It could be seen in a flock with some Swablu, living in the Tree of Beginning.
A group of Altaria, Sentret, Furret, Shroomish, and Swablu helped Pokémon Ranger Jack Walker when he was a young boy in a blizzard as seen in a flashback in Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of Sea.
An Altaria appeared in Not on MY Watch Ya Don't! under the ownership of a Trainer.
Multiple Altaria made a brief cameo in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
Multiple Altaria appeared in Butterfree and Me!.
Pokédex entries
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AG064
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Altaria
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Ash's Pokédex
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Altaria, the Humming Pokémon. Altaria is the evolved form of Swablu. It uses its fluffy wings to catch updrafts and is known for its beautiful high-pitched song.
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AG085
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Altaria
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May's Pokédex
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Altaria, the Humming Pokémon. Altaria glides up into the sky using its wings like sails to catch rising breezes.
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DP156
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Altaria
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Altaria, the Humming Pokémon and the evolved form of Swablu. As Altaria flies across the sky, it resembles a soft cloud. It hums using its high voice.
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- Altaria is the only dual-type Dragon/Flying Pokémon that isn't considered a pseudo-legendary or a legendary.
- Altaria is also the only Dragon type that is part of a two-stage evolutionary line.
- Altaria has the lowest Attack base stat among all fully-evolved Dragon-type Pokémon.
- However, it has the highest Special Defense base stat of all non-legendary Dragon-type Pokémon.
- Altaria is also tied with Kingdra for the lowest base HP of all fully-evolved Dragon-type Pokémon.
- As of Generation V, no other Pokémon have the same Egg Group combination as Altaria and its pre-evolution. In this case, they are included in both the Flying and Dragon Egg Groups.
- Altaria is also the easiest Dragon-type Pokémon to level up, needing only 600,000 exp to reach level 100.
- Altaria and Steelix are the only dual-type Pokémon that change their primary type during evolution.
Origin
Altaria is likely based on Peng, Chinese legendary birds of enormous size, said to travel 3000 li in one flap of their mighty, cloud-like wings. They're often portrayed as having a dragon's head and whiskers.
Name origin
Altaria is a combination of alto (Italian for high) or altus (Latin for high) and aria (Italian for air). Ária means melody in Portuguese, which may be related to Altaria's singing abilities. It may also refer to the star Altair, the brightest star in the constellation Aquila, the Eagle.
Tyltalis may refer to Tyl—also known as Epsilon Draconis—a star in the constellation Draco, the Dragon. It may also be a reference to the play L'Oiseau Bleu (The Blue Bird) by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. The story is about two siblings, Mytyl and Tyltyl (ミチル Michiru and チルチル Chiruchiru in the Japanese translation of the play), who are tasked with finding the "blue bird of happiness."