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"Good morning. Today we shall learn the transfiguration spell known as Avifors. Avifors will allow you to transform small objects ⁠— such as the parts of this statue ⁠— into birds."
Minerva McGonagall[src]

The Avifors Spell[5] (Avifors)[1] was a transfiguration spell that transformed small objects[1] and creatures[3] into birds.[1] The spell was viewed as a jinx when used to transform certain creatures into birds.[3]

Nature[]

"Transfiguration is some of the most difficult magic to practise effectively. It is extremely difficult, for example, to transform something non-living into something that is alive. However, mastering a transfiguration spell such as 'Avifors', which will transform small inanimate objects into birds, can be both rewarding and useful."
Miranda Goshawk regarding this spell[src]
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A Dugbog being transformed into birds with this spell

The Avifors Spell could, at times, be a very complicated spell and some beginning Hogwarts students were known to struggle with it. One student nearly failed the class when he proved unable to transform objects into anything more than eggs. His cousin bragged about this.[6]

This spell could also transform certain creatures into birds, like Dugbogs or Blast-Ended Skrewts.[7]

Teaching[]

Avifors

The Avifors Spell in action

"My cousin had trouble with Avifors. He could only turn things into eggs. He was popular at breakfast time but he nearly failed the class."
— A Hogwarts student[src]

The Avifors Spell was learned in first-year and revised in second-year Transfiguration class with Professor Minerva McGonagall, and was included in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2 by Miranda Goshawk.[2]

Known practitioners[]

Etymology[]

From Latin "avis", meaning "bird", with the -fors suffix attached.

Behind the scenes[]

Harry Casting Avifors

Harry seen casting the removed Avifors Spell in the first video game

Appearances[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harry Potter Trading Card Game
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - Console version
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery - Duelling Club
  5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - GBA version
  6. 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBA version. "My cousin had trouble with Avifors. He could only turn things into eggs. He was popular at breakfast time but he nearly failed the class."
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
  8. 8.0 8.1 Hogwarts Legacy – A student can be heard saying "I heard Professor Weasley transfigured the book with all her test answers into an owl to stop students from cheating. (see this video)
Transfiguration (class)
COS Vera Verto demo
Branches of Transfiguration Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall · Charles Rookwood · Matilda Weasley
Textbooks A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells taught at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Partial Vanishment · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Bouquet Spell (Orchideous) · Snake Summons Spell (Serpensortia)
Transforming Spells Animal to water goblet (Vera Verto) · Armadillo to Pillow · Bowling Ball to Balloon · Beetle into Button · Cauldron to badger · Cat to cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Fairy Cakes to Fairies · Feather Duster to Ferret · Ferret to Feather Duster · Gobstone to butterfly · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig · Gobstone to Skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion · King to Rook · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Rubbish to Raccoon Dog · Small Child to Rat · Small object to dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup into Gerbil · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to Tortoise · Thimble to Thestral · Toad to Toadstool · Tortoise to Trumpet · White rabbits to slippers

See also[]

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