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Revision as of 16:03, 15 September 2010
- "Most of the class had already left, although several twittering yellow birds were still zooming around the room, all of Hermione's creation; nobody else had succeeded in conjuring so much as a feather from thin air."
- — Harry looking to talk to Dean alone after Transfiguration class.[src]
Avis is a spell that conjures a flock of birds. The birds are shot from the caster's wand tip, accompanied by a loud blast that sounds like a gun being fired and smoke.
Known practitioners
- Ollivander
- Hermione Granger (possibly)
History
- This spell was used by Ollivander when testing the four Triwizard Tournament Champions' wands before their First Task of the Triwizard Tournament. This is also possibly the spell that the Sixth year Charms students were learning to perform non-verbally in 1996.
- Hermione Granger also used it the same year to conjure a flock of birds and made them attack Ron Weasley after seeing him snog Lavender Brown.
Etymology
The Latin word avis means "bird".
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Possibly)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Possibly)