Paper bird charm

Paper bird charm
Type	Charm
Effect	Makes paper bird fly like real bird

This charm (incantation unknown) could be used to animate a paper bird and make it fly like a real bird.

History

On 1 September, 2017, a flying paper bird could be seen at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, before students departed on the Hogwarts Express. Lily L. Potter tried chasing after the enchanted paper bird.

Known practitioners

Draco Malfoy

Padma Patil

Behind the scenes

Concept art

• It is possible that this was not a specific spell for this purpose, but a simple Locomotion Charm.
• The design on concept artist Adam Brockbank's official website was labelled as "paper swallow".
• In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Draco Malfoy used this charm during Severus Snape's Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson on werewolves, in which he sent a flying paper bird to Harry Potter which contained a cruel and crude animated drawing of him being struck by lightning whilst playing Quidditch. However, the books made it clear that Gryffindors had their Defence Against the Dark Arts only with each other.

Padma casting this spell

• Similarly in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Padma Patil performed this charm at the beginning of one of Dolores Umbridge's Defence Against the Dark Arts classes, but the paper bird was magically burned and destroyed by Umbridge as soon as she entered the classroom. However, Padma was a Ravenclaw, so would not have had the same lessons with Gryffindors.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Possible appearance)