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A white peacock greets Severus Snape (left) and Yaxley (right) as they arrive at Malfoy Manor.
- "He always did well for himself, Lucius. Peacocks."
- — Yaxley on seeing the resident fauna at Malfoy Manor[src]
Lucius Malfoy kept an albino peacock on 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 scenes
- 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".
Appearances
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 1 (The Dark Lord Ascending)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 23 (Malfoy Manor)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "White Peafowl" on the Peafowl Varieties Database
- ↑ "Albinism" on Wikipedia