Birdon

is a bird-like Kaiju that debuted in episode 17 of Ultraman Taro. Alongside Tyrant, Birdon is considered the most memorable monster from Ultraman Taro as a result of the original's fearsome abilities, as well as the fact that he successfully killed not only Taro himself, but also Zoffy. As a result, numerous individuals of Birdon's species have appeared throughout the series, and usually pose a significant threat towards the Ultra they face in battle.
Subtitles:
*Birdon: 
*Saga: 
==History==
===Ultraman Taro===
Sealed away in a volcano for centuries, two massive eruptions took place. One awoken the insectoid monster Kemjila and another awoken Birdon, a large prehistoric bird. After being released, Birdon took off in search of food, which instinctively was Kemjila. It then began attacking nearby buildings in search of food, marking the city as his own territory. Then Birdon noticed a fight between Ultraman Taro and a full-grown Kemjila.
Although Birdon and Kemjila were instinctive rivals and share and predator/prey relation, Birdon saw Ultraman Taro as a threat to his "territory" and attacked him instead, stabbing the Ultra repeatedly all over his body with his sharp beak until he dies of his injuries. With Taro dead but inedible to the massive bird, Birdon turned his attention back to Kemjila, attempting to escape. Birdon attacked Kemjila and the two monsters resumed their fight, with the giant bird swiftly overpowering the insect before killing it with its beak and proceeding to tear its body to pieces and eat them. Upon finishing, Birdon took off to return to its volcanic nest, leaving the city devastated over Ultraman Taro's death. However, the Ultra's body was rescued and returned to M78 for resurrection.
Several days passed and as Birdon had consumed most of the Kemjila inside the volcano, it decided to feed on the humans who entered his territory. The situation became even more dire when a toxic sulfuric mist was seeping out from Birdon's volcano, posing a threat to Japan. ZAT hatched a plan to disable Birdon's deadly beak, using one of their aircraft to douse Birdon in glue holding him in place with ZAT proceeding to attack him. Birdon began thrashing around, ripping off patches of its own skin as it tore off the glue, making its eyes water in pain. With Birdon free from the glue, the monster began to attack ZAT.
Another Ultraman, Zoffy suddenly arrived to fight Birdon to avenge Taro. However, despite Zoffy's experience, Birdon fought back, lighting the Ultra’s head on fire with its flames. Zoffy tried to fight back, but was stabbed in the arm, then multiple times in his spine until he eventually succumbed to his injuries. Tired from the fighting, Birdon returned to the volcano, this time leaving Zoffy’s dead body in his wake. Now with Zoffy and Taro both dead, Birdon resumed its diet of humans.
Birdon soon attacked another city in search of food, attacking an apartment building where one of Kotaro's friends was recovering from when Kemjila attacked. ZAT arrived to stop Birdon, only for their weapons to annoy it into using its flames. Then Ultraman Taro, now revived by Mother of Ultra arrived on the scene and relentlessly attacked a shocked and wide-open Birdon. Birdon tried to fight back with its beak, but Taro avoided its attacks and then used a new weapon, the King Bracelet to electrocute the giant bird repeatedly. However just as it seemed Taro was about to win, he ultimately was forced to let go of Birdon in order to rescue his friend from the Kaiju's earlier attack, allowing him to escape. ZAT would suddenly discover eggs in the volcano, which could potentially cause more Birdons to spread.
As ZAT attacked the nest, Birdon returned to defend it, downing their jets. Ultraman Taro appeared once again and attacked Birdon. Using the King Bracelet as a muzzle, Taro disabled Birdon’s main weapons, but it was not enough to stop it yet as it continued fighting. Taro then thinks of a plan where upon recalling the King Bracelet, he lead Birdon back towards the volcano and then performed the Taro Split. Birdon became confused, crashing into the volcano and he fell deep into its recesses as another eruption sealed it back inside his prison and destroying his eggs. With Birdon gone for good, Zoffy's body was recovered and taken back to Nebula M78 to be revived as well.
====Trivia====
*Birdon is one of very few Kaiju to kill an Ultra, having killed Ultraman Taro then Zoffy.
*Birdon is the very first kaiju to have a three part story.
*Birdon's suit is a heavily modified Sheltar suit.
*Birdon actually ate several people.
*Birdon's roar is slightly modified from King Maimai's roar.
*An enemy/helper from the Kirby franchise shares the same name with Birdon.
*In episode 17, Birdon's subtitle is the same as stated above, but in episodes 18 and 19, its subtitle is changed to simply .
===Ultraman Mebius===
Birdon reappeared in episodes 3 and 24 of the series Ultraman Mebius.
As GUYS was investigating a normally inactive volcano, Birdon emerged from the ground, beckoning its return. Birdon soon met Ultraman Mebius and used its immense power to beat down Mebius and then injected the Ultra with a strong venom with his beak. Weakened, Mebius was forced back into his human form as Birdon took off into the sky. Birdon was later spotted flying over the sea and GUYS tried to intercept it. Birdon was downed on the mainland as GUYS continued attacking, but this only angered Birdon into using its flames. Ultraman Mebius returned to save GUYS from the fire, but he was still weak as the venom had not completely wore off. Teaming up with GUYS, Mebius was able to overcome Birdon's strength and it was finally destroyed by both Mebius's Mebium Shoot and a barrier built by GUYS to contain the venom.
Sometime later, GUYS was chosen to test out new arrivals of Maquette Capsules. One suggestion was Birdon but was turned down due to his poison sacks being an environmental threat.
====Trivia====
*In this series, Birdon is given an extra power. The dangling sacks underneath his beak that are connected to his snood are filled with venom. It can be injected into an opponent by Birdon pecking at them.
**However, it might mean to justify the fact that Taro's Super Body has survived from being penetrated by Depparas' tusk.
*Curiously, whereas many monsters who could spit streams of fire in their original appearance had that ability replaced by a generic fireball attack, Birdon kept his original ability instead.
*In the first episode of Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle, when Oki shows Kumano Peguila on his computer, Birdon's silhouette can be seen along with Vakishim, Saramandora, Gudon, Twin Tail, and Alien Mefilas.
===Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey===
Birdon appeared in episode 11 of the series Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey.
In this series, Birdon is used by an Alien Reflect to fight Rei and his Gomora. However, the battle was short as Birdon continued to use hurricane winds and his beak to stab Gomora. Eventually, Birdon was destroyed when Gomora caught him by his beak and struck pointblank at his head with the Ultra Oscillation Wave.
====Trivia====
*Birdon was originally scheduled to appear in episode 12 of Ultra Galaxy NEO, but due to time constraints, was pushed ahead in episode 11.
*The Birdon suit from Ultraman Mebius was reused for his appearance in this series.
===Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie===
Birdon reappeared in the movie Mega Monster Battle Ultra Galaxy: The Movie as one of Ultraman Belial's 100 Monster Army. He was first seen as one of the spirits of the Monster Graveyard. He then teamed up with Mukadender, Froguros, Gromite, Angross, Jasyuline, Lunaticks, Kelbim, Roberuga, and Alien Valky to take on Ultraman Mebius. When Rei goes berserk thanks to Belial, Birdon, along with the other surviving monsters, stood back to watch Gomora fight the Ultras. When Ultraman Zero arrived, Birdon teamed up with the other monsters to take Zero down. He and Arigera were killed by Zero's Emerium Slash in the final battle.
====Trivia====
*Birdon is one of the monsters that make up Belyudra's body.
*In one scene where it shows 100 Monster Army, it can be seen there are 2 Birdons present.
*The Birdon suit from Ultraman Mebius was reused for his appearance in this film.
===Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Adventure NEO===
Birdon was a monster residing at an unnamed planet where Alien Guts used as their testing site. When Gameron took Ai Asama for a ride, the bird monster happened to fly past them and set its target on Ai. Because the boy was separated from Kanegon, he can't summon Red King but Agira instead dashed in to protect the boy. Agira suffered burns on its frill and injected with Birdon's venom. Having watched Ai from sidelines, Vittorio revealed himself to summon his EX Gomora to kill Birdon.
In Mega Monster Battle: ULTRA MONSTERS NEO, Birdon was at the planet's icy continent as Agira was at the receiving end of its abuse. The protagonist steps in to fight against Birdon to save Agira before Kanegon absorbed it into the Battlenizer, the two didn't ended up separated in the game. Additionally, Vittorio show up much later after the fight instead of being the one to unleash his EX Gomora and kill the bird monster.
===Ultraman Saga: Zero and Ultra Brothers Pop Out! Hyper Battle!===
Birdon appeared in the DVD special of the film, Ultraman Saga.
In this prequel to the film, Birdon is revived by an Alien Bat to battle Ultraman Zero on Anti Ultra Field. At first Birdon has the upper hand in battle after Zero was exhausted after battling Zetton, however Zoffy arrives to assist Zero and both Ultras destroy Birdon with a combination of Zero's Zero Twin Sword and Zoffy's M87 Beam.
====Trivia====
*The Birdon suit from Ultraman Mebius was reused and modified for his appearance in the film.
=== Ultraman Ginga ===
Birdon was one of the participants of the event called Dark Spark War. He was later turned into a Spark Doll by Dark Lugiel.
Birdon's Spark Doll can be seen in Dark Lugiel's collection along with Mecha Baltan, Alien Babarue, Alien Hipporit, Ace Killer, Dada, Twin Tail, Goldras, Deathfacer, Gatanothor, Gan-Q, Ghighi, Mochiron, and a lot of other monsters and aliens.
It is likely Birdon was transformed back to his physical form and went to space after Ultraman Ginga defeated Lugiel.
===Ultraman Ginga S===
Birdon appeared in episode 13 of Ultraman Ginga S.
Originally as a part of Alien Chibull Exceller's Spark Doll collection, Birdon was given to Alien Guts Vorst shortly after Dark Lugiel was beginning to revive. Lived by Vorst, he landed on Earth and started blowing the countryside away with his hurricane winds. Sho then Ultlived into Ultraman Victory to stop him, but Birdon immediately battered him with his hurricane winds and kept trying to peck him but to no avail. Eventually, Birdon poisoned Victory after he got the Ultra down on the ground. But, suddenly, Arisa Sugita and a couple of elite UPG members attacked him with new weapons. Despite the poison slowing him down, Victory decided to UITrans his right arm into King Joe Launcher and fired it at Birdon's sacs, leaking out the poison in the process. Victory eventually defeated and destroyed him with the Victorium Shoot.
===Ultraman X===
Birdon returned in the second episode of Ultraman X, "A Collection of Possibilities".
Birdon is known by Xio members for being one of the most dangerous monsters, having the ability to create dangerous venom. One of them emerged from Okumayama, a pregnant Birdon, who wanted to lay eggs and built a nest by collecting several buildings and electric towers, unintentionally placing several civilians in captivity. Xio was deployed to lure Birdon out of the nest, but once the Sky Musketty shot down, Daichi transformed into Ultraman X and rescued the jet. The Ultra attacked Birdon but soon succumbed to the poison's effect. It wasn't until Dr. Gourman developed the Cyber Armor system, allowing Cyber Gomora to combine with X into Gomora Armor. Using it, X managed to turn the tables in the fight and defeated Birdon with the Gomora Oscillation Wave. She was sealed inside her Spark Doll and Daichi assured that she was currently in peace with her eggs. 
Soon, Birdon's data was used to create , which was held inside a Cyber Card.
Birdon's Spark Doll and its egg inside of it, are usually seen in a small, man-made environment in Xio similar to its natural habitat to make them more emotionally stable. 
In the final episode of Ultraman X, after Greeza destroyed the Xio base, Birdon's Spark Doll was absorbed by Greeza. After speaking out to Gomora and striking Greeza right in the center of his chest, Birdon, along with all of the other Spark Dolls, traveled to X and united with him. Cyber Birdon's power was used to help form the Hybrid armor and power up the Ultimate Xanadium to defeat Greeza once and for all. Birdon, along with the numerous other Cyber Cards and Spark Dolls, then appeared and thanked Daichi as he thanked them. 
Birdon's Cyber Card was used in the movie, Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman, by Hayato in the Sky Musketty removed its Limiter and installed its Birdon Phoenix Attack to shoot down Gorg Antlar when it was flying so that Ultraman Tiga can have an advantage over him on the ground.
====Trivia====
*Suit actor: Hiroyuki Arai
*Birdon debuted at Okumayama, the similar place her first incarnation appeared in episode 17 of Ultraman Taro, "Two Giant Monsters Close in on Taro!".
*Because of Birdon's neck-twisting ability, the suit's neck was modified to allow the suit actor to turn his head.
*Diector Kiyotaka Taguchi intended for Birdon to not appear in his series, but changed his mind after the new ideas proposed for her.
===Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA===
Birdon appeared in Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA as .
Birdon is summoned to aid a group of Bezelb in their battle against Ultraman Orb and Ultraman Dyna. Birdon was scared off by Ultraman Dyna's Strong Type.
A second Birdon appeared in episode 9 alongside a Bemstar trying to stop Queen Amate to get to Earth but Ultraman Orb came in time to stop Bemstar and Birdon but did not defeat them just to get rid of them so Queen Amate could get to earth.
===Ultra Fight Orb===
Birdon reappeared in the episode 3 of this spinoff where he was revived by Reibatos alongside Vict Lugiel, King Joe, Gudon, Twin Tail, and Hyper Zetton, to fight Ultramen Orb and Ultraman Zero on Planet Yomi.
He teamed up with King Joe and Vict Lugiel to take on Orb, but despite the fact that three of them outnumbered him, Orb kept all three of them at bay with his combat skills and they got the long end of his sword. Birdon was then confronted by Orb's Burnmite form and was held off by him while he was performing his Stobium Dynamite. Soon after, Birdon was knocked out by the same Ultra's Stobium Counter before the latter defeated Vict Lugiel alongside Zero. Later on, when Zero prevented Gudon and King Joe from going after Orb, who was going after Reibatos at the time, Birdon took the opportunity to attack Zero hard with a deadly fireball. Shortly after, Zoffy appeared on the planet and wasted no time duking it out with the kaiju, hoping to settle the score with him.
Birdon fights quickly with Zoffy, using his stream of flames to try to incinerate his old enemy but fails and eventually after being hit by the Ultra, ends up exploding by a direct shot of the M87 Beam. 
====Trivia====
*Birdon is the only Kaiju appeared in both spinoffs of Orb. He appeared in Ultraman Orb THE ORIGIN SAGA and Ultra Fight Orb. In both spin-offs he appeared in the episode 3.
*The way Zoffy's head catches fire from Birdon is a direct reference to their original battle, where Birdon set him on fire, which led to Zoffy's death. However, this time Zoffy is barely fazed by it.
===Ultraman Taiga===
As recalled in Ultraman Taiga's past, a modified variant called was one of the many members of Gua Army's Mechanized Monster Army under Imbiza's command. Alongside Re-Brocken, it was ordered to capture Taiga in Planet Maijii as a present to Gua. Both monsters were killed by Andro Ares after firing them prior to his introduction. 
====Trivia====
*Mecha Birdon is likely a reference to Mecha Baltan from the original Andro Melos.
*In the voice drama, Mecha Birdon has a digitally-altered version of its roar.
===Jugglus Juggler Chronicle: Ja no Michi wa Hebi===
Birdon's card was one of the many Kaiju Cards in possession of Alien Arcana Doman Seman. The Birdon card is the first he used, which materializes an energy construct of Birdon's head to shoot Volianic Fire. 
===Ultraman Z===
One of the monsters contained by GAF, Birdon was absorbed alongside several others by Celebro via Ultroid Zero, who harvested Birdon's energy and genetic material for use in the creation of Destrudos. Birdon's DNA manifested in the form of the Chimera's arms and wings. 
==Data==
==Other Media==
===Ultra Zone===
Birdon appeared in episodes 11 and 12 of the variety show, Ultra Zone.
Birdon appeared in a segment that retells the events of episode 8 of the original Ultraman (the debut episode of Red King) known as "Clandestine Sunflan Island." As an expedition group journeys to the island, they are apmbushed by Red King, who winds up battling Birdon and Banpira.
===Kaiju Busters POWERED===
Birdon was one of the many Kaiju to appear during the Kaiju Busters series. Two subspecies appeared in this game called , and .
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===Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier===
Birdon appears in the data cardass game, Mega Monster Rush Ultra Frontier. His body is covered in red plasma crystals that, when destroyed, act as game points for the player.
===Redman Comic===
Birdon will appear as one of the many foes Redman faces in the second volume of the Redman comic.
==Merchandise==
Birdon 01.jpg|X-Plus 25cm Birdon
Birdon Toy.jpeg|Ultra Monster Series Birdon
Ultra monster series Birdons.jpeg|Ultra Monster Series
Sparkdoll.jpeg|Birdon Spark Doll
Birdon_eraser.png|Birdon eraser
==References==
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