#566 Archen

Archen is hypothesised to be the first Bird Pokemon ever to have existed, though this species cannot be caught in the wild anymore because it died out over 100,000 years ago. They can be obtained via the remarkable Fossil Resurrection services.

Sharing it's Rock Flying typing with its evolution, Archeops, it used to hunt prey living in forested area. Archen are not fond of conventional Pokemon food but thoroughly enjoys a species of Berries that went extinct a long time ago.

Weighing roughly 9.5kg and standing at 0.6m high, Archen are rather the smallest of all the fossil Pokemon and are not actually able to fly. Instead they hop from branch to branch. It is this reason that they live in woodlands and forests.

The first Plume fossils containing Archen's DNA were found in Unova in Twist Mountain alongside the Cover fossil later found to contain the DNA of Tirtouga.

Oddly, Archen and it's evolution are the only Pokemon without Hidden Abilities. This makes it a whole lot less stressful when hatching one since one doesn't have to worry if theirs is rarer or not. Unless it's shiny of course. But that's a story for another day.