Your Pokémon GO calendar for the next seven days just filled up. Starting this Tuesday, 23 June, the Flying Taxi event brings two game firsts at once — Squawkabilly makes its GO debut and Shadow Reshiram appears in the game for the very first time.

Flying Taxi Event: Squawkabilly Arrives in Pokémon GO

The Flying Taxi event runs from Tuesday, 23 June at 10:00 a.m. to Monday, 29 June at 8:00 p.m. local time. Its headliner is Squawkabilly, the Parrot Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet, debuting in GO with a regional form system that matters specifically for Singapore players.

Squawkabilly comes in four plumage forms, each tied to a hemisphere:

• Yellow Plumage — worldwide
• White Plumage — worldwide (also appears in the wild and Field Research)
• Green Plumage — Eastern Hemisphere only — this is what Singapore trainers will encounter
• Blue Plumage — Western Hemisphere only

Wild spawns during the event include Hoothoot, Rookidee, and White Plumage Squawkabilly, with shiny encounters available. Field Research rewards include Spearow, Hoothoot, Rookidee, location-based Squawkabilly, and Wattrel.

Raid bosses for the Flying Taxi period: 1-Star — Swablu, Starly, Vullaby; 3-Star — Hisuian Braviary, Corvisquire, Bombirdier.

Flying Taxi: Taken Over — Shadow Reshiram’s First Appearance

Overlapping with the main event, Team GO Rocket’s takeover runs from Thursday, 25 June at 12:00 a.m. to Monday, 29 June at 8:00 p.m. local time. The headline: Shadow Reshiram makes its very first appearance in Pokémon GO.

To encounter it, you’ll need to work through the GO Pass: Flying Taxi, earn a Super Rocket Radar, and track down Giovanni — who appears exclusively at PokéStops during this event, not in balloons. That means heading out to explore, not waiting at home. Defeat him and you get your shot at Shadow Reshiram, with shiny encounters possible.

Sierra, Cliff, and Arlo are also running updated lineups, and new Shadow Pokémon have been added across all Grunt encounters, including Shadow Rookidee, Shadow Noibat, Shadow Seel, and Shadow Hoothoot — all shiny-eligible.

GO Pass and Bonuses

The GO Pass: Flying Taxi unlocks automatically when the event opens on 23 June. Progress through the pass to earn Tier 1 bonuses including 2× Catch Candy, and Tier 2 rewards increased Stardust from Team GO Rocket encounters. Paid upgrades: GO Pass Deluxe (US$4.99) for enhanced rewards, or GO Pass Deluxe + 6 Ranks (US$6.99) to fast-track to Rank 7 automatically.

Last words

For Singapore trainers, this is a serious week to be outdoors. Shadow Reshiram is a top-tier Dragon and Fire legendary that has been absent from GO until now, and Green Plumage Squawkabilly is an Eastern Hemisphere exclusive you can only grab here. Combined with the Mega Skarmory Super Mega Raid Day on Saturday 27 June, the end of June is shaping up as one of the most event-dense weeks of the season. Check out other GO events we’ve covered to stay on top of the rest of the schedule.