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Bird Keeper とりつかい Bird Tamer
TCG artwork by Hideki Ishikawa[1]
Other names	Birdboy (Stadium)
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow Gold, Silver, and Crystal Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed, and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Stadium, Stadium 2
Gender	Both*
Manga debut	Who Gives a Hoothoot? (Adventures)

A Bird Keeper (Japanese: とりつかい Bird Tamer) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation I games. They are generally depicted as young men carrying bird cages, except in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and their remakes, in which they are female. HeartGold and SoulSilver use the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum sprites in the Battle Frontier, mainly for compatibility between the games when playing the 2-player mode of Battle Tower's Multi Battle.

As their name suggests, they specialize in Flying-type Pokémon that are based on birds, like Pidgeot.

In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Bird Keepers will award three Poké Balls along with prize money upon being defeated, except for Master Trainers.

In Pokémon Stadium, they are known as Birdboys.

Gallery

Artwork

Sprites and models

In the core series

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Sprite from Red and Blue	Sprite from Yellow	Sprite from Generation II	Sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Sprite from Generation IV*	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Overworld sprite from Generation I		Overworld sprite from Generation II	Overworld sprite from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from Generation IV*	Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver
	VS portrait from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire		VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!	Master Trainer VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu!, Let's Go, Eevee!	VS model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
	Overworld model from Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire				Overworld model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

In other games

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Pokémon Gold and Silver

Pokémon Crystal

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon Emerald

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Pokémon Platinum

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Alex	Initial battle	$1,480	Lv.37	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Beck	Initial battle	$1,560	Lv.39	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Bran	Initial battle	$1,280	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Chester	Initial battle	$1,120	Lv.26	Lv.28	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Colin	Initial battle	$1,280	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Hugh	Initial battle	$1,200	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Jared	Initial battle	$1,200	Lv.30	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Perry	Initial battle	$1,160	Lv.29	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Phil	Initial battle	$1,200	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Robert	Initial battle	$1,360	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1,640	Lv.41	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$1,720	Lv.43	Lv.43	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Third rematch	$1,960	Lv.47	Lv.48	Lv.49	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Will	Initial battle	$1,280	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Bird Keeper Alexandra	Initial battle	$912	Lv.19	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Audrey	Initial battle	$2,160	Lv.52	Lv.54	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$2,360	Lv.59	Lv.59	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Autumn	Initial battle	$2,280	Lv.53	Lv.57	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Brianna	Initial battle	$1,188	Lv.27	Lv.27	-------	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch	$1,680	Lv.38	Lv.42	-------	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch	$2,400	Lv.60	Lv.60	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Geneva	Initial battle	$2,280	Lv.53	Lv.57	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Hana	Initial battle	$1,920	Lv.46	Lv.48	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Katherine	Initial battle	$1,364	Lv.31	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Bird Keeper Krystal	Initial battle	$2,200	Lv.55	Lv.55	Lv.55	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Stadium

Pokémon Stadium 2

In the anime

Several Bird Keepers appear in Johto: Malachi and Denjirō in Carrying On!, Wilbur in Fly Me to the Moon, Wings Alexander in Throwing in the Noctowl.

In Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, Rosebay, the character of the day of A Staravia is Born!, appears to be a female Bird Keeper and refers to herself as a Pokémornithologist. This character being a female is consistent with the depiction of the Bird Keepers in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

A male Bird Keeper first appeared in Who Gives a Hoothoot?, where he hosted a game in which the participant has to capture the Wooper that are let loose in a given amount of time. So far, none of the challengers have succeeded. Gold accepts the Bird Keeper's challenge, much to his amusement. Unbeknownst to the Bird Keeper, Gold had his Aipom, Aibo, use Swagger to confuse Hoothoot before they began. The Bird Keeper started the challenge, and Gold captured many Wooper. When the Bird Keeper was about to have his Hoothoot stop the clock, Hoothoot starts to get confused. The other participants then realize that his business is fake. His cover blown, the Bird Keeper quickly retreats.

The same Bird Keeper reappears in Really Raikou & Entirely Entei (Part 1), where he encounters Falkner, as he too specializes in bird Pokémon. He shows Falkner his collection of recently caught Pokémon, much to the Violet Gym Leader's interest. The Bird Keeper does not give any of them away. When Raikou and Entei appear, the Bird Keeper gets excited and wants to catch them. Entei almost attacks him, but Falkner, flying on his Skarmory, grabs him just before he is hit. He is then seen riding on Falkner's Skarmory while Falkner battles the two legendary Pokémon. The Bird Keeper has trouble keeping up with Skarmory's flying speed. He continues to ride on Falkner's Skarmory in Really Raikou & Entirely Entei (Part 2), watching Falkner take on the legendary beasts. After Falkner fails to catch them, the Bird Keeper gets trapped by a boomerang Poké Ball and arrested by Falkner.

He makes a cameo in The Last Battle XIII as one of the people who volunteered their Pokémon for transfer.

Emerald arc

In Facing Gulpin Is Hard to Swallow, a virtual Bird Keeper using a Taillow is seen at the Battle Tower.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

A Bird Keeper appears amongst the people visiting the Safari Zone in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down.

Platinum arc

A female Bird Keeper makes an appearance as a background character in the Platinum chapter. She first appeared with a crowd entering the Battle Frontier when Palmer told his assistants to open the gates. Later, she saw Looker flying on his jetpack while he was looking for Platinum.

Pokémon

On hand

		Hoothoot
		Hoothoot is the Bird Keeper's partner Pokémon. In its first appearance, it served as a timer when the Bird Keeper set up a game in which certain Pokémon have to be captured in a set time. However, the Bird Keeper had Hoothoot decrease the amount secretly. Gold was able to find out about this when his Aipom, Aibo, used Swagger on Hoothoot, causing it to become confused. Hoothoot reappeared in Really Raikou & Entirely Entei (Part 1). None of Hoothoot's moves are known.
Debut	Who Gives a Hoothoot?

		Wooper (multiple)
		During a fake business, the Bird Keeper set up a game where the participant was required to capture some Wooper in a given amount of time. They were given special Poké Balls to capture them though. After his business was revealed to be a fake, the Poké Balls which possibly contained the Wooper were left behind and the Bird Keeper ran off. None of Wooper's moves are known.
Debut	Who Gives a Hoothoot?

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Bird Keeper or their Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

In other languages

References

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