Peck (move)
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Peck (Japanese:つつくPeck) is a damage-dealingFlying-typemove introduced inGeneration I.
Effect
Peck inflicts damage and can hit non-adjacent opponents inTriple Battles.
Peck can be used as the first move of aPokémon Contest combination, causingDrill Peck andFury Attack to score double the normal appeal if used in the next turn.
Generation IX
Pokémon Legends: Z-A
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Description
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Learnset
Byleveling up
Bybreeding
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| Bold indicates a Pokémon gainsSTAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose Evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
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Pokémon GO
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Updates
- Gyms & Raids
- February 16, 2017
- Duration: 1.15 → 1.5 seconds
- Damage window: 0.95 - 1.15 → 0.45 - 0.9 seconds
- February 21, 2017
- Duration: 1.5 → 1 seconds
- Trainer Battles
- September 2, 2025
- Energy boost: 5 → 8
Pokémon Rumble Rush
Pokémon Masters EX
| Name | Category | Move gauge cost | MP (uses) | Basepower | Maxpower | Accuracy | Target | Effect tag | Description | Playablesync pair(s) |
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| Peck | Physical | 1 | — | 20 | 24 | 100% | An opponent | — | No additional effect. | Kahili & Toucannon Serena & Fletchling Scottie/Bettie &Farfetch'dEgg(Support/strike roles only) Scottie/Bettie &Spearow/FearowEgg(Support/strike roles only) |
Pokémon UNITE
In Pokémon UNITE, Peck isTalonflame's first move asFletchling. The user flies toward a target Pokémon and attacks it three times. After evolving intoFletchinder at level 7, this move is replaced by eitherFlame Charge orAerial Ace.
Description
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In animation
Pokémon animated series
| The user jabs the target with its sharply pointed beak or horn. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Used In | Notes | |
| Spearow pecks the opponent several times with its beak. Sometimes, its beak glows orange while using the move. | |||
| Multiple wild Spearow | Pokémon - I Choose You! | Debut | |
| Multiple wild Spearow | Fighting Flyer with Fire | None | |
| Multiple wild Spearow | Historical Mystery Tour! | None | |
| A wild Spearow | The Door That Never Opens | None | |
| Dodrio pecks the opponent several times with its three beaks. | |||
| Dario's Dodrio | The Flame Pokémon-athon! | None | |
| Hoothoot pecks the opponent several times with its beak. | |||
| Hagatha's Hoothoot | Illusion Confusion | None | |
| Falkner's Hoothoot | Fighting Flyer with Fire | None | |
| Farfetch'd pecks the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Sylvester's Farfetch'd | A Farfetch'd Tale | None | |
| Pidgey pecks the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Trixie's Pidgey | Love, Totodile Style | Pidgeycannot legally learn Peck | |
| Malachi's Ken | Carrying On! | Pidgeycannot legally learn Peck | |
| Denjirō's multiple Pidgey | Carrying On! | Pidgeycannot legally learn Peck | |
| Noctowl pecks the opponent repeatedly with its beak. | |||
| Ash's Noctowl | Fowl Play! | None | |
| Murkrow pecks the opponent several times with its beak. Sometimes, Murkrow's beak glows white. | |||
| Multiple wild Murkrow | Pikachu & Pichu | None | |
| A wild Murkrow | Trouble in Big Town | None | |
| Three wild Murkrow | All That Glitters! | None | |
| Lily's Murkrow | Hocus Pokémon | None | |
| Multiple wild Murkrow | Like a Meowth to a Flame | None | |
| Mitchell's Murkrow | Try for the Family Stone! | None | |
| Fearow pecks the opponent repeatedly with its beak. | |||
| A wild Fearow | Carrying On! | None | |
| Natu pecks the opponent several times with its beak. Sometimes, its beak glows yellow while using the move. | |||
| McKenzie's Naughty | Doin' What Comes Natu-rally | None | |
| Team Rocket's Natu | Take My Thief! Please! | None | |
| Torchic pecks the opponent several times with its beak. | |||
| May's Torchic | A Ruin with a View | None | |
| Nurse Joy's Torchic | Having a Wailord of a Time | None | |
| Taillow pecks the opponent repeatedly with its beak. | |||
| Ash's Taillow | In the Knicker of Time! | None | |
| Xatu pecks the opponent multiple times with its beak. | |||
| Calista's Xatu | Me, Myself and Time | None | |
| Combusken pecks the opponent. | |||
| May's Combusken | A Shroomish Skirmish | None | |
| Altaria pecks the opponent repeatedly with its beak. | |||
| Winona's Altaria | Sky High Gym Battle! | None | |
| Swellow pecks the opponent repeatedly with its beak. | |||
| Winona's Swellow | Sky High Gym Battle! | None | |
| Ash's Swellow | Solid as a Solrock | None | |
| Chatot pecks the opponent repeatedly with its beak. Sometimes, its beak glows white. | |||
| Ada's Chatot | Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight! | None | |
| Officer Jenny's Buddy | Stealing the Conversation! | None | |
| Piplup's beak glows white or gold and it pecks the opponent multiple times. Sometimes, its beak grows longer when it uses the attack. | |||
| Dawn's Piplup | Following a Maiden's Voyage! | None | |
| Piplup of Team Poképals | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness | None | |
| Tyler's Pippy | The Thief That Keeps on Thieving! | None | |
| Lauren's Piplup | The Sinnoh Iceberg Race! | None | |
| The horn on the top of Karrablast's head glows white and it jabs the opponent multiple times with it. | |||
| Professor Juniper's Karrablast | Evolution Exchange Excitement! | None | |
| Rufflet hits an opponent with his beak. | |||
| Nursery's Rufflet | Unrest at the Nursery! | None | |
| Fletchling's beak glows white and it uses it to strike the opponent. | |||
| Ash's Fletchling | A Battle of Aerial Mobility! | None | |
| Talonflame's beak glows white and it uses it to strike the opponent. | |||
| Moria's Talonflame | Battles in the Sky! | None | |
| Fletchinder pecks the opponent several times with its beak. Sometimes, its beak glows white. | |||
| Ash's Fletchinder | A Slippery Encounter! | None | |
| Rowlet flies towards the opponent, and a light green beak-shaped aura surrounds the front of Rowlet's body. Rowlet then attacks the opponent. | |||
| Ash's Rowlet | Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! | None | |
| Pikipek flies towards the opponent, attacking the opponent with its beak or by pinching it with its beak separated. | |||
| A wild Pikipek | Dewpider Ascending! | None | |
| Wattrel's beak glows yellow and it hits the opponent with it. | |||
| Roy's Wattrel | Quaxly, We Can Do It | None | |
In the manga
Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
| The user jabs the opponent with its sharply pointed beak. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Braviary jabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Biker King's Braviary | Advance Toward the Path of the Strongest! | Debut | |
Pokémon Adventures
| The user jabs the opponent with its sharply pointed beak or fingertips. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Doduo repeatedly pecks the opponent with both of its beaks. | |||
| Yellow's Dody | Eradicate Raticate! | Debut | |
| Murkrow pecks the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Silver's Murkrow | Delibird Delivery - 2 | None | |
| Combusken repeatedly hits the opponent with its fingertips. | |||
| Sapphire's Chic | Mashing Makuhita | None | |
| Piplup pecks the opponent once with its beak. | |||
| Platinum's Piplup | A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium | None | |
- InPerturbed by Pachirisu,Platinum'sPrinplup was revealed to have used Peck, but the move was executed off-panel.
Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl
- InPiplup's Special Training,Piplup was told to use Peck, but he would useBubble Beam instead.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
| The user stabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Piplup stabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Hareta's Piplup | Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!! | Debut | |
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
| The user jabs the target with its sharply pointed beak. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Pidgey stabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Gold's Pidgey | The Legendary Pokémon Appears! | Debut Pidgeycannot legally learn Peck | |
| Xatu stabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Black's Xatu | The Secret Of The Fighting Type Pokémon | None | |
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team
| The user stabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Torchic stabs the opponent with its beak. | |||
| Ginji | Why I Became a Pokémon. The Answer Finally Revealed!! | Debut | |
Pokémon Pocket Monsters
| The user uses its beak to peck the foe. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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| User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
| Natu pecks at the foe hard with its beak. | |||
| Falkner's Natu | The Gym Challenges Begin!! | Debut | |
In other generations
Core series games
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| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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Side series games
| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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Spin-off series games
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| Generation I | RBY | Generation I (Japanese) | Generation I (international) | Generation II | Generation II (Japanese) | Generation II (international) | Crystal | Generation III | Generation III (Japanese) | Generation III (international) | RS | FRLG | FRLGE | Generation IV | Generation IV (Japanese) | Generation IV (international) | PtHGSS | HGSS | Generation V | BW | B2W2 | Generation V (Japanese) | Generation V (international) | Generation VI | XY | ORAS | Generation VII | SMUSUM | LGPE | Generation VIII | SwSh | BDSP | Legends: Arceus | Generation IX | SV | Legends: Z-A | Stadium (JP) | Stadium | Stadium 2 | Colosseum | XD | Battle Revolution | Battrio | MD: Red and Blue | MD:Time, Darkness, andSky | MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad | MD: GTI | SMD | MD: RTDX | Rumble | Rumble Blast | Masters EX |
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Trivia
- In some games, thePokédex states thatPidgeotto "will fiercely peck at any intruder". However, Pidgeotto is unable to learn Peck.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Chinese | Cantonese | 啄Deuk* 啄擊Deukgīk* |
| Mandarin | 啄Zhuó* 喙Huì* | |
| Czech | Klovnutí | |
| Danish | Hakke | |
| Dutch | Boor | |
| Finnish | Nokinta | |
| French | Picpic | |
| German | PikserVIII+ SchnabelI–VII | |
| Greek | ΡάμφισμαRamfisma | |
| Hebrew | ניקורNikur | |
| Hindi | पेकPeck* चोंच मारोChonch Maro | |
| Indonesian | Mematuk* Patuk | |
| Italian | Beccata | |
| Korean | 쪼기Jjogi | |
| Polish | Dziobanie | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Bicada (games, animated series, TCG, manga) Bicar (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Morder (The Official Pokémon Handbook) |
| Portugal | Bicada | |
| Romanian | Ciocul | |
| Russian | Удар КлювомUdar Klyuvom | |
| Serbian | Kljucanje | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Picotazo (games,EP145–AG005,AG123–present) Pico (EP131,AG009–AG100) |
| Spain | Picotazo | |
| Swedish | Hackattack | |
| Thai | จิกChik | |
| Turkish | Gagalama* Gaga | |
| Vietnamese | Mổ | |
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