Stingfisher

Dragon Quest monster Stingfisher
Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese ポイズンバード Romaji Poisun bādo First appearance Dragon Quest VII Old localisation VenomBird Variants Kingfuchsia

The Stingfisher is a monster that appears exclusively in Dragon Quest VII. It is an unusual bird with the ability to poison opponents with its attacks.

Characteristics

The Stingfisher is a boisterous brightly coloured bird that loves to cast Buff to bolster the defence of its bird-brained buddies. The beautiful and bright flowery-looking feathers of this fluttering beast serve as a warning, as the avian assailer has a beak packed with poison, ready to poke at foes and prick the skin enough to inject the toxin in. Their names are a combination of the words "sting" and "kingfisher", although much like their red and blue-colored cousins, they have more in common with hummingbirds.

Appearances

Stingfisher (ポイズンバード, Poisun bādo ) Big Book of Beasts No. : #045

Sprite Attributes HP MP EXP Gold Attack Defence Agility Evasion Recruit Rate 50 4 26 (PS1) 39 (3DS) 8 (PS1) 12 (3DS) 50 48 55 1⁄64 1⁄32

Resistances Frizz Sizz Fire Breath Bang Crack Cool Breath Woosh Rock Zap Whack Paralysis 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 15% 50% Army Poison Stun Poof Dazzle Sleep Fizzle Fuddle Sap Drain Magic Ban Dance 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 15% 0% 15% 0% 0% 100%

Additional information Spells Skills Locations Dropped item Buff Poison Attack Al-Balad (past) Temple Palace (past) Antidotal herb1⁄32 Notable changes in the remakes None

• Floating-type

Trivia

• The stingfisher may be based on the Zhenniao, also known simply as the Zhen, a legendary bird from Chinese mythology. It is a poisonous bird said to make its habitat in the mountains of what is now southern China, gaining its toxicity from its diet of ingesting poisonous snakes. Throughout most of modern history, the concept of a poisonous bird was believed to simply be a fantastical concept, but some species of poisonous birds have been discovered in nature since 1992, such as the hooded pitohui of Papua New Guinea.

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