Hydaelyn at large (is there a compilation of info yet?)

[RickiFake02]

I recall a NPC saying that Chocobos spread outside of Coerthas because the unnatural snow that started up there after Dalamud fell drove the flocks out of their native habitat. I don't recall who it was that says this, however. That would hint, though, that wild Chocobos were native there as well as specially-bred ones.

I don't remember the NPC's name, but it's the "leader" of the Chocobo ranch at Bentbranch who says this. She definitely says that Chocobos used to live in Coerthas but fled to the Black Shroud after the Calamity.