Bat

"A thousand live bats fluttered from the walls and ceiling while a thousand more swooped over the tables in low black clouds, making the candles in the pumpkins stutter. The feast appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the start-of-term banquet."

- Description of the Halloween feast in 1991

The bat is a flying mammal native to many parts of the world. They are nocturnal and/or crepuscular and feed on a range of food from insects to fruits.

The Magical Menagerie in Diagon Alley sold bats; there was one on display near the front door on August, 1991. In 1991 at the Halloween feast, the Great Hall was decorated with over a thousand live bats. The Quidditch team the Ballycastle Bats's team mascot is Barny the Fruitbat. Bat spleens are used as a Potion ingredient. Vampire bats are covered on the Ministry-approved fifth-year Defence Against the Dark Arts curriculum.

Behind the scenes

 * In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Avifors is used to transfigure creatures such as Dugbogs into a flock of bats.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4