Chocobo / Types Chocobos come in various different chocobo types . Colors . Generally , if there is any difference in the abilities or disposition of a chocobo , it is based upon their color . Below are a list of traditional colors for chocobos , where they appear , and what that means in terms of their abilities , if anything . Yellow chocobo . Yellow chocobos are the most common of all chocobo colors and can be found in every game where chocobos appear . They are the most easily tameable of all types , and are usually the only color available for rental by the player . Blue chocobo . Blue chocobo are a weaker chocobo type than black chocobos . They are able to cross rivers and streams , but typically cannot fly . When they participate in battle they are generally magic casters . Green chocobo . Green chocobo is a weaker chocobo type . Their abilities are variable but in games where they participate in battle they act as healing and support characters . Red chocobo . Red chocobo act as offensively powerful chocobos , but are still much weaker than other breeds . Black chocobo . Black chocobos were one of the first varieties of chocobo to be seen , and are one of the most common . Though rarer than standard yellow chocobos , black chocobos are able to fly , though not with the same versatility as airships . They are common sights as enemies in games . White chocobo . white chocobos are very rare , and are among the highest rank of chocobo breeds when they appear . Similarly to green chocobos , they support other characters when fought in battle , and out of battle in some games can restore the party ' s MP . Gold chocobo . Gold chocobos are the rarest and most valued type of chocobo . They are valued for their ability to fly , supplanting black chocobos as the only breed to do this in later games . Acquiring a gold chocobo is often the result of a long and difficult sidequest . Brown chocobo . In " Final Fantasy XII " , brown chocobos can be found in Dalmasca Estersand and Salikawood , usually sleeping and docile . Brown chocobos are also found in " " , where they can use the Choco Guard ability to cast Regen and increase defense . They also appear as enemies in " Final Fantasy Tactics S " . Silver chocobo . Added in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " the silver chocobo is a defense - oriented Sentinel . While , like many of the chocobos in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , it ' s in the running for best Sentinel in the game , it really shines for being the earliest , and arguably best , racing chocobo in the game . It learns the best racing abilities easily and its stats hit the max for the racing game with some reasonably easy grinding for the point in the game it ' s found at . Purple Chocobo . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Purple Chocobo s are Synergists . Like many of the chocobos , it ' s one of the best monsters for its role . They are native to Bresha Ruins 100 AF and 300 AF . In " Chocobo Stallion " , they appear as one of many colored racing chocobos . Pink Chocobo . In " Final Fantasy VII " , the pink chocobo only appears in the races . Pink chocobos also appears in " Final Fantasy XIV " . Other types . Fat Chocobo . Fat Chocobo is a different type of chocobo , and never appears as a playable chocobo . Instead , the Fat Chocobo serves another role , by storing the player ' s items in the series ' early games , appearing as a summon in " Final Fantasy V " , " Final Fantasy VII " and " Final Fantasy VIII " , serving a storyline role by being the king of all chocobos in " Final Fantasy IX " , and as a mount in " Final Fantasy XIV " . Baby chocobos . Baby chocobos , known as " chicobos " in " Final Fantasy VIII " , appear in certain games of the series . In " Final Fantasy V " Boco and Koko have children , and in " Final Fantasy VIII " the player can obtain a chicobo from a Chocobo Forest to play as in the " Chocobo World " minigame . A baby chocobo named Bobby Corwen is revealed to have hatched from an egg in the Black Mage Village in " Final Fantasy IX " . The tiniest baby chocobo type appears in " Final Fantasy XIII " , with Sazh ' s Chocobo Chick being small enough to use his afro for a nest . Pulse and Cocoon chocobos . " Final Fantasy XIII " has two different types of chocobos , Pulse and Cocoon breeds . Chocobos roaming the Archylte Steppe in Gran Pulse live in the wild and are much larger than their domesticated Cocoon counterparts , as well as having a more vicious appearance . Cocoon chocobos can be found in Nautilus ' petting zoo . Sazh ' s chocobo chick is a Cocoon chocobo . Rambunctious chocobos . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " presented a mutant breed of Gran Pulse chocobo , known as the rambunctious chocobo , appears in certain areas that have been under the influence of the paradox for an extended period of time . They have different plumage and demeanor with red feathers with purple tail , and unlike normal chocobos , will continually eat from the player ' s supply of Gysahl Greens . Some rambunctious chocobos that aren ' t in fixed locations will actively avoid the player , and most will do so when dismounted regardless of whether or not the player has greens to feed them .