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Wow, beautiful photos.

Couple of pangolins, ok, no prob
Love your ugly 5, but I counted 6

Here's your pangolin



I think that there shold be a beautiful five mammal and a beautiful five bird.

My mammals would be:
Adult male Nyala
Serval
Leopard (although I prefer the cheetah)
Small spotted Genet
Dwarf Mongoose

My birds would be
African Green Pigeon
Malechite Kingfisher
Jakana
Fisheagle
Bluewaxbill

My most curious reptile

its areally tough but here is my 10

african fish eagle
leopard
martial eagle
cheetah
serval
bateleur
caracal
mozambiquin spitting cobra
black rhinoceros
lion

Nice pangolin MM , where did you see it?

mammals:
-Cheetah
-Nyala
-Giraffe
-Honey Badger
-Wild Dog

birds:
-Martial Eagle
-Woodland Kingfisher
-Bateleur
-Southern Red Bishop
-Brown-headed Parrot

Thanks for the pangolin

beautiful mammals:
- male nyala
- sable
- leopard
- caracal
- giraffe

birds, sorry I have got 6!
- african fish ealge
- bateleur
- white-fronted bee-eater
- lilac-breasted roller
- african hoopoe
- malachite kingfisher

flying cheetah - there are only 5 ugly 5

SORRY, I am canceling the honey badger from my ugly 5! I was on the wrong way! It was to late yesterday

Mine consists of those animals I have not seen yet:

Caracal
Python
Honey Badger
Pangolin
Porcupine
Small or Large spotted Genet
(i'm very generous with my wish-so I'll make it 6 )

The beautiful ones I simply love seeing (and have seen)

Roan
Sable
Ayres Eagle
Nyala
Pearl Spotted Owl
Serval
(6 again- gotta keep the generosity up

Cheers

Noel

Hi Noel,
I've never heard of Ayres Eagle Is there another name for it
and do you find it in KNP

Hi Flying Cheetah

That is what I knew it by when we saw it, and identified it from Roberts Birds. Its probably called something else now- but is very similar to the african Hawk Eagle only a lot more streaked on the breast. We had a lot of time to identify it as it was drinking at a waterhole. Thrilling sight.

If you have the new name-will appreciate hearing it. My birding has suffered a lot over the years. but catching up-ever so slowly.


Have a great day!

Noel

Our family's Beautiful Five:

1) Carmine Bee eater
2) Kudu
3) Fish eagle
4) Leopard
5) Bushbuck

(and all the trees, and the birds, and the animals, and the veld, and the mountains, and the waterholes ... and .... and .... )

Hi Noel,
now I got it. It's Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Aquila ayresii)
Really a very nice bird, but I never saw one in nature..
Also a good day to you.


I'm sure you wanted to mention the stars

And not to mention the dust that give you some work when you get back, and the Shongololo's.

Flying Cheetah- It was a memorable sighting as they are a bit rare. Have not seen the Hawk Eagle yet

Cheers.

Noel

This is a really great thread. Didn't realise how hard it would be to choose.

It's like a really tough mutiple choice question with WAY too many options.
But here are my beautiful 5 (for the time being, it keeps changing)

leopard
cheetah
sable
european bee eater
woodland kingfisher

I don't have an ugly5

All animals are beautiful. It is so hard to choose just five so here are my top 10:

Nyala
Leopard
Cheetah
Giant King Fisher
Martial Eagle
Wild Dog
Honey Badger
Fish Eagle
Kudu
Zebra