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DeliveryOwl

A paper-owl with a copy of the Daily Prophet

"As if we didn't know you get all your news from those pestilential birds!"
Vernon Dursley comments on Harry Potter's Daily Prophet subscription[src]

A paper-owl,[1] also known as a delivery owl,[2] is an owl employed by the Daily Prophet to deliver editions of the newspaper to subscribers. Papers are apparently delivered to subscribers at a regular time: in 1995, Harry Potter always received his subscription at five o'clock in the morning.[3] The morning owl post at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry often contained a large number of paper-owls, as many students at the school were subscribers.

History[]

On 1 August 1991, a paper-owl flew to the Hut-on-the-Rock to deliver that morning's Prophet to Rubeus Hagrid, who was asleep at the time. The owl was received by Harry Potter. The paper-owl dropped the paper on the sleeping Hagrid and immediately began attacking Hagrid's coat to search for money. The owl only stopped when Harry searched through the coat himself, placing the required five Knuts in a small pouch on the owl's leg.[4]

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Daily Prophet employees
Editor-in-chief Barnabas Cuffe Reporters A. Fenetre · Andy Smudgley · Betty Braithwaite · Chief sports writer · Eduardus Lima · E. Limaria · E. Limus · Emma Squiggle · Kikis Trecus · L. Limuria · Miras Phlaras · M. Amerinus · M. Carneirus · Peter Blotting · R. Almeidas · Rita Skeeter
Security Editor R. Amorim
Correspondents Rita Skeeter (Gossip) · Ginny Potter (Quidditch) Columnists D. Shaman · Dempster Wiggleswade · E. Limus · Grizel Hurtz · Helbert Spleen · Limunus · Dr. Medusa · Winkus Oddpick · Zamira Gulch
Photographers Adrian · Bozo
Chief Consulting Magizoologist Rolf Scamander Newspaper vendors Paper-owls · Ministry of Magic newspaper vendor
Owls
Owl species
Barn owl · Barred owl · Blakiston's fish owl · Brown Fish owl · Brown owl · Collared Scops Owlet · Eagle owl · Eastern screech owl · Golden owl · Great grey owl · Hawk Owl · Little owl · Long-whiskered owlet · Milky Eagle Owlet · Red owlet · Scops owl · Screech owl · Snowy owl · Spectacled owl · Spot-Bellied Eagle Owlet · Spot-Bellied Owl · Tawny owl
Known owls
Artemis · Astor Bellchant's owl · Sirius Black's barn owl · Sirius Black's owl · Brodwin · Errol · Ominis Gaunt's owl · Goodwin Kneen's owls · Grey owl · Rubeus Hagrid's owl · Hawk-like owl · Hedwig · Hermes · Jacob's sibling's owl · Draco Malfoy's eagle owl · Paper-owl · Pigwidgeon · Albus Potter's owl · James Potter II's owl · Sebastian Sallow's owl · Scouthibou · Temeritus Shanks's owl · Horace Slughorn's owl · Unidentified 19th-century Hogwarts student's barn owl · Hogwarts school owls · Unidentified Hufflepuff student's snowy owl · Unidentified Muggle-born Hogwarts student's owl · Ivy Warrington's owl · Nigel Wolpert's owl · Igor (owl)
Others
Content Droppings · Famous Stuffed Owls · Howlet's Wing · Owl Airforce · Owl dung fertiliser · Owl Order Service · Owl Postal Service · Owl Racing
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