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"I got to hold a Diricawl! Then it disappeared… But at least I got to hold one!"

— Barnaby Lee on his experience in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures during his Ministry student programme^[src]

The Diricawl (known to Muggles as the Dodo) was a plump, fluffy-feathered and flightless magical bird, native to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It was capable of disappearing and reappearing elsewhere,^[1] except when under the effects of Levioso.^[2]

History

While Muggles believed this bird to be extinct, but in reality, it existed and had the ability to disappear and reappear elsewhere as a means of escaping danger, similar to Apparition, while Muggles remained unaware. The International Confederation of Wizards had not seen fit to reveal that the animal still existed, since it seemed to have raised Muggle awareness of the consequences of slaying their fellow creatures indiscriminately.^[1]

During the 1890–1891 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the new fifth-year student retrieved the Diricawl Gwyneira for Marianne Moffett.^[3]

During the 1989–1990 school year, Professor Silvanus Kettleburn taught his sixth-year students in Care of Magical Creatures class how to handle these birds.^[4]

Behind the scenes

In the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Gilderoy Lockhart uses the phrase "going the way of the dodo" to describe the impending extinction of the Giant Fire Crab. This does not make sense for a wizard to say, even one as inept as Lockhart, as they would have no reason to consider the Diricawl extinct. However, it is possible that, growing up with non-magical relatives, it was an expression commonly used by them and that it stuck as a figure of speech even if he did know that the birds were not extinct.
The Diricawl's ability to vanish and reappear is similar to Apparition for wizards. It is also similar to a wizard's use of a Portkey, Vanishing Cabinet, or the Floo Network.
Although the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them states that the Diricawl is identical to the real-life dodo, its depiction in the film adaptation is quite different. It is depicted as multicoloured, with a parrot-like beak. However, there is evidence that the historic Dodo did not actually look like it has been depicted in the 20th and 21st century. This could mean that, in the Harry Potter universe at least, the depiction in the movie corresponds to how Dodos actually looked like.^[5]

Appearances

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Notes and references

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
↑ Hogwarts Legacy: The Official Game Guide
↑ Hogwarts Legacy, Side Quest "Birds of a Feather"
↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 8 (Owl Prowl) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Diricawl"
↑ https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vvbqq9/the-dodo-didnt-look-like-you-think-it-does

Care of Magical Creatures

Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts
Hagrid's Hut · Forbidden Forest · Care of Magical Creatures Classroom · Magical Creatures (club) · The Paddock
Professors	Silvanus Kettleburn · Rubeus Hagrid · Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank (substitute teacher)
Textbooks	The Monster Book of Monsters · Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Creatures studied at Hogwarts
Blast-Ended Skrewt · Bowtruckle · Chimaera · Crup · Demiguise · Diricawl · Doxy · Dugbog · Fairy · Fire Crab · Fire Dwelling Salamander · Flobberworm · Fwooper · Glumbumble · Gnome · Golden Snidget · Griffin · Hippogriff · Imp · Jackalope · Knarl · Kneazle · Moke · Murtlap · Niffler · Occamy · Porlock · Quintaped · Streeler · Thestral · Unicorn · Yeti

Magical creatures by classification
X	Flobberworm · Horklump
XX	Augurey · Bowtruckle · Chizpurfle · Clabbert · Diricawl · Fairy · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Imp · Jobberknoll · Mooncalf · Porlock · Puffskein · Ramora · Winged horse
XXX	Ashwinder · Billywig · Bundimun · Crup · Doxy · Dugbog · Fire crab · Fwooper · Glumbumble · Hippocampus · Hippogriff · Hodag · Jarvey · Knarl · Kneazle · Leprechaun · Lobalug · Mackled Malaclaw · Moke · Murtlap · Niffler · Nogtail · Pixie · Plimpy · Pogrebin · Red Cap · Salamander · Sea serpent · Shrake · Streeler · Winged horse
XXXX	Centaur · Demiguise · Erkling · Erumpent · Golden Snidget · Graphorn · Griffin · Hidebehind · Kappa · Kelpie · Merperson · Occamy · Phoenix · Re'em · Runespoor · Snallygaster · Sphinx · Tebo · Thestral · Thunderbird · Troll · Unicorn · Winged horse · Yeti
XXXXX	Acromantula · Basilisk · Chimaera · Dragon · Horned Serpent · Lethifold · Manticore · Nundu · Quintaped · Wampus cat · Werewolf

[FBR-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

[HLOGG-2] Hogwarts Legacy: The Official Game Guide

[HL_BF-3] Hogwarts Legacy, Side Quest "Birds of a Feather"

[HM68-4] Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 8 (Owl Prowl) - Care of Magical Creatures Lesson "Diricawl"

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+{{Quote|I got to hold a Diricawl! Then it disappeared… But at least I got to hold one!|[[Barnaby Lee]] on his experience in the [[Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures]] during his [[Ministry of Magic student programme|Ministry student programme]]|Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery}}
-The '''Diricawl''' is a plump, fluffy-feathered and flightless bird. It has the ability to disappear and reappear elsewhere as a means of escaping danger. [[Muggle]]s are aware of the existence of the Diricawl as a [[Wikipedia:Dodo|dodo]] (a large, extinct, flightless bird). However, since Muggles are not aware of its ability to vanish at will, they believe that they have hunted the dodo to extinction. The [[International Confederation of Wizards]] has not seen fit to reveal that the animal still exists, since it seems to have raised Muggle awareness of the consequences in slaying their fellow creatures indiscriminately.
+The '''Diricawl''' (known to [[Non-magic people|Muggles]] as the '''Dodo''') was a plump, fluffy-feathered and flightless [[magic]]al [[bird]], native to the island of [[Mauritius]] in the [[Indian Ocean]]. It was capable of disappearing and reappearing elsewhere,<ref name="FBR" /> except when under the effects of ''[[Levitation Spell|Levioso]]''.<ref name="HLOGG">{{HLOGG}}</ref>
+==History==
+[[File:Diricawls.jpg|250px|thumb|left|A Diricawl and its babies]]
+While [[Non-magic people|Muggles]] believed this bird to be extinct, but in reality, it existed and had the ability to disappear and reappear elsewhere as a means of escaping danger, similar to [[Apparition|Apparition]], while Muggles remained unaware. The [[International Confederation of Wizards]] had not seen fit to reveal that the animal still existed, since it seemed to have raised Muggle awareness of the consequences of slaying their fellow creatures indiscriminately.<ref name="FBR"/>
+During the [[1890–1891 school year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], the [[Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student|new fifth-year student]] retrieved the Diricawl [[Gwyneira]] for [[Marianne Moffett]].<ref name="HL BF">{{HL|Birds of a Feather}}</ref>
+During the [[1989–1990 school year]], [[Professor]] [[Silvanus Kettleburn]] taught his [[Sixth year|sixth-year]] students in [[Care of Magical Creatures]] class how to handle these birds.<ref name="HM68">{{HM|6|8|cmc}}</ref>
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|video game adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'', [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] uses the phrase "going the way of the dodo" to describe the impending extinction of the [[Giant Fire Crab]]. This does not make sense for a wizard to say, even one as inept as Lockhart, as they would have no reason to consider the Diricawl extinct. However, this may be considered yet another hint that Lockhart is possibly [[Muggle-born]].
+*In {{COS|GA}}, [[Gilderoy Lockhart]] uses the phrase "going the way of the dodo" to describe the impending extinction of the [[Giant Fire Crab]]. This does not make sense for a [[Wizardkind|wizard]] to say, even one as inept as Lockhart, as they would have no reason to consider the Diricawl extinct. However, it is possible that, growing up with non-magical relatives, it was an expression commonly used by them and that it stuck as a figure of speech even if he did know that the birds were not extinct.
+*The Diricawl's ability to vanish and reappear is similar to [[Apparition]] for wizards. It is also similar to a wizard's use of a [[Portkey]], [[Vanishing Cabinet]], or the [[Floo Network]].
+*Although the book {{FB}} states that the Diricawl is identical to the real-life dodo, its depiction in the film adaptation is quite different. It is depicted as multicoloured, with a parrot-like beak. However, there is evidence that the historic Dodo did not actually look like it has been depicted in the 20th and 21st century. This could mean that, in the Harry Potter universe at least, the depiction in the movie corresponds to how Dodos actually looked like.<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vvbqq9/the-dodo-didnt-look-like-you-think-it-does</ref>
 ==Appearances==
+{{Imagecat|Images of Diricawls}}
-*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]'' {{Mention}}
+*{{COS|G}} {{1st Mention}}
-*''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (real)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]]''
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+==Notes and references==
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Care of Magical Creatures}}
 {{Creatures by classification}}
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+[[pl:Dirikrak]]
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+[[pt-br:Oraqui-Oralá]]
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+[[Category:Apparition]]
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+[[Category:Care of Magical Creatures]]
+[[Category:Creatures from Mauritius]]
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+[[Category:Newton Scamander's suitcase]]