Atiu Swiftlet

Aerodramus sawtelli

Birdstrong against fish, reptiles

Rare

Swoop

While active with another bird in play, it hits 6 harder on its first attack after entering play (12 with two others).

Aerodramus sawtelli

Photo: © Geoff Shuetrim (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Fish
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Arachnids

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

The Atiu swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli), or Sawtell's swiftlet, is a species of bird belonging to the family Apodidae, the swifts and swiftlets. This swiftlet is endemic to Atiu in the Cook Islands.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Atiu swiftlet, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 8 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 8.6 g

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 36
ATK 38
DEF 56

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 8 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 8.6 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.