Robbird

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Not to be confused with Robirdo or Robobird.
Robbird
Custom render of Robbird from Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Rendered game model of Robbird
First appearance Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023)

Robbirds are enemies that appear in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. They are blue kingfisher-like birds with goggles that swoop down at the player in an arc and take any coins that are in its path. They appear only in the level Robbird Cove in the Petal Isles.

Their name is a portmanteau of "robber" and "bird".

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Internal names

Game File Name Meaning

Super Mario Bros. Wonder G:/romfs/Model/EnemyKawasemi.bfres.zs Kawasemi Kingfisher

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese ヨコドリー
Yokodorī
Pun on「横取り」(yokodori, snatching) and the voiced form of「鳥」(tori, bird)

Chinese (simplified) 掠夺鸟
Lüèduó Niǎo
Plundering Bird

Chinese (traditional) 掠奪鳥
Lüèduó Niǎo
Plundering Bird

Dutch Robbird
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French Piafilou
From "piaf" (argotic term for "bird") and "filou" (trickster)
German Stibitzke
Portmanteau of "stibitzen" (to pilfer) and possibly "-ken" (similar to the diminutive suffix "-chen")
Italian Cormoladro
Portmanteau of "cormorano" (cormorant) and "ladro" (thief)
Korean 훔치새
Humchisae
Possibly a pun on "훔치세" (humchi se, let's steal) and "새" (sae, bird)

Portuguese Ladraivota
From "ladra" (female term for "thief") and "gaivota" (gull)
Russian Уныра
Unyra
Possibly from「」(u, "cormorant" in Japanese) and "нырять" (nyryat, to dive), or "проныра" (pronyra, slyboots)

Spanish Hurtín buceador
Diminutive form of "hurtar" (to steal) + "buceador" (diver); similar to "martín pescador" (kingfisher)