Albino peacock
Physical information
Species	Peacock
Gender	Unknown
Feathers	White
Eye colour	Black
Family information
Family members	Malfoy family
Affiliation
Loyalty	Malfoy family

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An albino peacock is a type of peafowl, distinctive for its pure white colour due to total or partial lack of biochromes. Lucius Malfoy kept at least one the grounds of Malfoy Manor.^[1][2] It was on top of the hedge when Severus Snape and Yaxley arrived at the Manor for a Death Eater meeting in July 1997.^[1] It rustled the bushes as it strutted, alarming Yaxley, who drew his wand, but put it away once he saw the noise's source.^[1]

Behind the scenesEdit

• Several colour varieties of peafowl have been bred, including white.^[3] This differs from albinism, which would cause lack of pigmentation not just in the feathers, but in the skin and eyes as well.^[3][4] However, in Chapter 23 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the peacock at Malfoy Manor is explicitly referred to as "albino".
• Many have argued that this peacock was, in fact, Lucius Malfoy's Patronus. It was thought that this proved Lucius was, in point of fact, not a true Death Eater, as Death Eaters cannot produce Patronuses. Despite this, J. K. Rowling confirmed in an interview that this was merely an albino peacock.
• In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, Lucius Malfoy can control a pet peacock, although it is blue in colour.

AppearancesEdit

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

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