Bird (Harry Potter)

Birds (class: Aves) are feathered, beaked, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animals. With around 10,000 living species, they are the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. 
Ornithology was the scientific study of birds; the Hogwarts Library had texts on his subject. Someone with an irrational fear of birds was known as ornithophobic; Mrs Mason suffered from this phobia.
==Birds in the wizarding world==
Birds existed both in the wizarding world and the Muggle world, however the owl was the most common kind in the wizarding world, both as pets and means of communication. 
Bird entrails could be used in a form of divination. Ornithomancy was a branch of divination which involved reading omens from the actions of birds.
There also exist many magical varieties of birds, such as phoenixes. There existed spells both to transform objects into birds, as well as conjuring them out of thin air. Bird-watching was a hobby that both Muggles and wizardkind partook in.
==Magical varieties of birds==
*Phoenix
*Diricawl
*Fwooper
*Golden Snidget
*Fire-breathing chicken
==Non-magical varieties of birds==
*Blackbird
*Buzzard
*Chicken
*Crow
*Duck
*Eagle
*Falcon
*Goshawk
*Hawk
*Heron
*Hornbill - Chapter 14 (About the Chamber) - "Brilliant Event: Lost Love"
*Hummingbird
*Magpie
*Nightjar	
*Osprey
*Owl
*Parrot
*Peacock
*Penguin
*Pheasant
*Pigeon
*Raven
*Robin
*Rook
*Sparrow
*Sparrowhawk
*Swan
*Swift
*Tropical bird
*Vulture
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==Notes and references==
Category:Known Animagus Forms
Category:Birds
Category:Known Patronus Forms