Red chocobo

Red Chocobo is a recurring type of Chocobo. It has the distinction of usually being the most physically powerful type of chocobo in games where it participates in battle, often possessing the devastating Choco Meteor.

Final Fantasy IV
In Final Fantasy IV Advance and Complete Collection, red chocobos are seen during Cecil's trial in the Lunar Ruins. They have no influence in gameplay outside this cameo.

Final Fantasy VII
Red chocobos can appear among the mounts of NPCs in chocobo racing at the Gold Saucer. They cannot be acquired for riding by the player.

Final Fantasy IX
Choco becomes a red chocobo from the Dawn Lagoon Chocograph. Referred to as the Mountain Chocobo, it can ride over hills and mountains. The mountain chocobo further upgrades into the navy blue Sea Chocobo. Red chocobos appear as NPCs in Chocobo's Paradise.

Final Fantasy XI
Through chocobo raising, adventurers are able to breed and raise red chocobos for use as personal mounts. However, the chocobo's color is merely an aesthetic difference that has no impact on the bird's attributes or abilities. Additionally, Red Chocobo Dye may be used to cause a player's chocobo to appear to be red regardless of its actual color.

According to lore, a breed of chocobo known as the Courser will on rare occasion be born with a red coloration instead of the usual yellow. These larger-than-average chocobos were originally bred in the Kingdom of San d'Oria for scouting purposes.

Final Fantasy XII
Red chocobos appear on the Ozmone Plain in the areas Haulo Green and Field of Light Winds, rarely replacing one of the usual black chocobos that spawn.

The Lv.99 Red Chocobo is one of the rarest and most powerful enemies in the game. To spawn it, the player must kill six chocobos in the Haulo Green area of the Ozmone Plain, then zone away two areas and return. There is a 1 in 256 chance that the Lv.99 Red Chocobo will be among the respawned normal chocobos. It continuously uses Choco Comet to do heavy damage to the party.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Red chocobos appear as an enemy in Midlight's Deep among other chocobo types, and is notable for having very high attack speed.

Final Fantasy XIII-2
Red chocobos appear in the Archylte Steppe -Year Unknown-. They can be recruited into the Paradigm Pack as Commandos.

A similar-looking chocobo, the Rambunctious Chocobo, may be found in various locations and time periods while traveling through the Historia Crux. Its body is covered in red feathers with green and blue plumage on its wings and tail. It has its own theme song, "Crazy Chocobo".

Final Fantasy Tactics
The red chocobo is a type of chocobo, possessing high stats and the Choco Meteor attack to deal heavy damage to enemies.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Red chocobos are mentioned, although not seen, as the Gotor Sands area is "famous for its mirages and red chocobos".

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Red chocobos are one of the six types of chocobo, and the only one in the game able to use Choco Meteor.

A level 99 chocobo named Redhawk can appear in a random battle in Goug. If the player wins, they obtain the Armlet of Whispers, which can be equipped to allow the summoning of Shemhazai in battle.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
The red chocobo is the weakest type of chocobo in the game, being called when the player successfully executes a Feature Drive during Field Music Sequences.