>>28663003Darwin's Finches is a moderately famous phenomenon, it's very reasonable to believe that someone who were aware of its existence would see how it could be an idea GF would incorporate, especially given the different islands motif that Alola has going on. The key is that the leaker doesn't mention specifics like dancing, abilities or secondary type changes, it simply says that there are birds with different island variations and that they are flying type which is a guess that is fairly broad.
Pikaclones and mascots (think Lucario) usually keep their japanese names across versions.
Both Bewear and Kiteguruma are based on the words "bear" and "to wear".
