What is the most "exotic" animal you have photographed in the wild?

[Mr. Kiwi]

The farthest I've ever been was California (2,779 mi from home) so the most "exotic" animal would be the Black Oystercatchers.

 

[Mr. Kiwi]

The farthest I've ever been was California (2,779 mi from home) so the most "exotic" animal would be the Black Oystercatchers.

(currently writing while in CA)

 

[Leo K.]

I think it's Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher for me, that is pretty rare in Singapore.

 

[michelleaphoto]

Probably a serval in the Serengeti National Park. Probably the rarest of the animals I saw there (not that they are super uncommon to see in the area).

i also photographed a serval there.. hoping to one day see again, stunning animal.

 

[KevinB]

Flamingos on the Zwillbrocker Venn in Germany, this flock being a mix of Greater and Chilean flamingos and hybrids of both species. The greater flamingos might have partially been vagrants from southern Europe, the Chileans are escaped individuals from captivity that have formed a wild and now mixed breeding colony. The Zwillbrocker Venn (in the Zwillbrock part of the town of Vreden, right next to the border with the Netherlands) is their summer and breeding area, while they winter on the Grevelingen lake near Goeree-Overflakkee in the Netherlands.

 

[MRJ]

Without doubt, the Hispaniolan solenodon. I can say with confidence that no more than 20 or 30 people per year see one, and that prior to the 1990's they had only been seen by Europeans twice. And it is venomous.

 

[FBBird]

Negros Warty Pig. Reintroduced animal, so might not count

 

[StoppableSan]

A *bunch* from India. Indian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, wild water buffalo, hog deer, sambar deer, Himalayan griffon vulture, various species of macaques, Hanuman langur, Indian mongoose, etc.