In J.K. Rowling's initial drafts of what would become Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Hedwig was a kestrel. Rowling was inspired to use a kestrel after one of her children was working on a school project about the birds, and was intrigued by the absence of kestrels in children's literature.
Rowling was forced to change Hedwig to an owl by her publishers, who felt the kestrel was not a well enough known bird amongst the first book's target market.
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