Why isn't the Ravenclaw animal a Raven?
Amanda Lewanski on HP4GU suggests that "raven is an old, poetic term for dark or black. Rowena might have been associated with
an eagle (animaga form, familiar, whatever) which had black claws"
     
    
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Ravenclaw

Head: Professor Flitwick
Founder: Rowena Ravenclaw
Colors: blue and bronze 
Animal: eagle
Ghost: The Grey Lady
Sorting Hat's description:
     These belong in Ravenclaw; 
     Each has a ready mind 
     Where those of wit and learning 
     Will always find their kind.
Common room location: unknown

Ravenclaw Quidditch team
Roger Davies, Captain (94-5)
Cho Chang, seeker (93-5)

Known Ravenclaws:
Cho Chang (90) - Seeker, very pretty, Harry has a crush on her
Roger Davies - handsome, went to the Yule Ball with Fleur Delacour
Penelope Clearwater (87) - Percy Weasley's girlfriend, petrified by the Basilisk
Terry Boot (91)
Mandy Brocklehurst (91)
Lisa Turpin (91)
Padma Patil (91) - twin sister of Parvati in Gryffindor
Stephen Cornfoot (91) (HPM)
Kevin Entwhistle (91) (HPM)
Su Li (91) (HPM)
Morag McDougal (91) (house: HPM)
Stewart Ackerley (94)
Orla Quirke (94)


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