The Golden Snidget is a small golden round fat bird with fully rotational wings, best known for early use in the game of Quidditch, eventually being replaced by the Golden Snitch. It has red small eyes and a long thin beak. It is qualified as a beast by the Ministry of Magic classification and as a scale of XXXX (like thunderbirds, centaurs and phoenixes).

There are more informations about it in the book "Quidditch Through the Ages" which can be found in the Hogwarts Library.