Tawny-chested Flycatcher

Aphanotriccus capitalis

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).

Aphanotriccus capitalis

Photo: © Kathy & sam (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 tawny-chested flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis) is a small Vulnerable species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Costa Rica and previously was also found in Nicaragua.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Tawny-chested flycatcher, 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: 56 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 12 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 37
ATK 39
DEF 54

How they’re shared out:

Type: Bird: HP 33, ATK 31 and DEF 36 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 56 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Size: 12 g: small animals are hard to catch, extra DEF.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.