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Can people tell me why they think Pelipper ISN'T a regional bird? It IS a regional bird, Hoenn just has two, like it has two pseudos.
>Swellow and Pelipper are both early route Hoenn birds found in pretty much the same locations
>they're right next to each other in the pokédex
>Tailow and Wingull have the exact same stats, just with the attack stats swopped. Pelipper and Swellow have the same BST
It's just the typing that trips people up. People think that Talonflame was the first to break the Normal/Flying trend, but we've known that regional birds don't have to be part Normal since Gen III with Wingull and Pelipper.