In the 1980s or early 1990s, a troubled Thunderbird caused disruptions in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's 1990–1991 school year classes. In late 1927, Madam Seraphina Picquery, then-president of MACUSA, declared the Thunderbird a protected species, a protection that was later extended to all North American magical creatures. The diluted venom helped obliviate the population, allowing the MACUSA agents to more easily cover up the major potential Statute of Secrecy breach.Īfter his release, Frank flew under his own power and ultimately made it to Arizona. He arrived in New York City via a muggle transatlantic passenger ship, hoping to avoid the attention of the MACUSA, due then current laws on private possession of Magical Creature.įrank using his weather related powers to create a large rainstorm laced with Swooping Evil venomĭue to a large number of magical occurrences in New York City during Scamander's visit, culminating in the Obscurial attack on New York, he released Frank over the city, using the Thunderbird's weather related powers to create a large rainstorm laced with Swooping Evil venom. Newt rescued the bird, named him Frank, and travelled to America, intending to return him to his natural habitat in Arizona.

Īround 1926, Albus Dumbledore told Newt Scamander about a Thunderbird captured by traffickers in Egypt. They were particularly prized by Transfigurers. Wolfe wands were generally held to be extremely powerful, though difficult to master. Shikoba Wolfe, who was of Choctaw descent, was primarily famous for intricately carved wands containing Thunderbird tail feathers. They too were also able to sense danger, much like their donors, also being able to cast curses on their own. Thunderbirds' tail feather could be used as a core in a wand, with this type of wand being difficult to master, but powerful and skilled in transfiguration work. The Thunderbird could also sense danger and created storms as it flied. The Thunderbird was known to change colours as it summoned storms, its iridescent feathers shifting from various shades of gold to electrifying blue, to grey and silver, to white, and even to deep navy. They possessed three pairs of powerful wings, and had feathers that shimmered with cloud-like patterns. The Thunderbird was described as having a head that was ' similar to that of an eagle' or, in the wizarding world, ' similar to that of a Hippogriff'.

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