Usually no, but it's exactly for that reason that I did for a while in Platinum. I thought it would be unique to make it my flyer instead of a bird pokemon (and for some reason until I recently restarted my Pearl I had been avoiding using Starly). It is now an almost level 50 togetic, maybe even a bit past. Unfortunately it doesn't have very good special defense, so doesn't last too long in battle hence why I had to give it up. It does happen to be my only flyer though so while I have not been using it for a while now, I have to withdrawal it to fly.
I also briefly trained the one I received in Soul Silver, up to level 18 or 19. It's extrasensory came in some handy, it actually managed to beat my rivals zubat in Azalea. This one has much better defense.