For example: if Viktor Krum can transfigure his head into a shark's, like he does in Goblet of Fire, that doesn't mean he is an Animagus. Transfiguration is a form of spell-casting, whereas becoming an Animagus is forever. And yes, he could turn into a falcon.
They are James Potter, Sirius, Wormtail, Skeeter, McGonagall, Talbott Winger, and an unnamed witch who can turn into a cat. The fact that there are so few Animagi just causes us fans to want to know more about them. After all, they are some of the most unique characters in all of Harry Potter.
Hermione is the brightest witch of her age, and she would be the first in the group to successfully transform into her Animagus form, a rather fitting fox.
Definition: An Animagus is a witch or wizard who can transform at will into an animal. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Remus Lupin shared that it took his fellow Marauders – James, Sirius and Peter – until their fifth year at Hogwarts to finally become Animagi and keep him company in his werewolf form.
Animagus. Lily's animagus form is a Doe, coupling with her husband, James Potter who is a Stag. Severus Snape's animagus is also a Doe.
“A creature I wouldn't want to kiss . . . a spider!” Harry figures out the riddle, and realizes that a spider is about to attack. But what he doesn't realize is what I now believe: that the spider in the maze is Professor Snape, in his Animagus form. It is Spider/Snape who bears down on Cedric and Harry.
The sensationalist Daily Prophet reporter whom Dumbledore had banned from Hogwarts grounds managed somehow to wheedle her way back in by changing into her illegal Animagus form: that of a nasty little beetle.
Following both ordeals, Ginny grew into a confident young woman. Her and her friends followed in the footsteps of a previous generation, completely unbeknownst to them, and became Animagi at the age of fourteen, to support their best friend, Maisie Cattermole. Ginny took the form of a grey mare.
Peter Pettigrew's Animagus form was a rat. Colloquially, a "rat" is a snitch or informant. Webster's also lists the following possible definition: "a contemptible person: such as... one who betrays or deserts friends or associates."
Also one's Patronus and Animagus forms can be the same. So by that logic it is fairly plausible that Dumbledore's Animagus form could have been a Phoenix.
Ron (Ant that has wings) - Loyal to the queen, and willing to die to save the queen as well. Also quite social.
Talbott Winger was a wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1984 and was Sorted into Ravenclaw house. He was also an Animagus and took the form of an Eagle.
Summary: Basically, I read a fic (The Houses of Pendragon, Emrys and Potter), and in this fic, Merlin's animagus is a black dragon.
Known Animagi
Falco Aesalon — Falcon; the first recorded Animagus; the registration system was not in existence in his time.
Was Voldemort an Animagus? No, Voldemort was not an Animagus. He didn't see any reason to become an Animagus despite being a gifted wizard and knowing a lot of magic. This may simply be because his sole purpose was to obtain immortality and become the strongest wizard who could control the world around him.
Because there was no need for him to become one. Besides he had lot of other important stuff going on in school unlike his father and his friends who were determined to help Lupin.
Sirius Black and James Potter attended Hogwarts together, and Sirius is Harry's godfather. Sirius is an Animagus, which means he can transform himself into a black, shaggy dog named Padfoot at will.
Harry discovers this in Prisoner of Azkaban, when his Patronus turned out to be a stag, his father's Animagus form.
Sirius's early life proved unhappy; he had come to hate most of his relatives, in particular his mother. He rejected his family's pure-blood elitism and reverence for the Dark Arts. At Hogwarts, rather than be sorted into Slytherin like the rest of his family, Sirius was placed in Gryffindor.
Madam Professor Minerva McGonagall (born 4 October 1935) was a witch and Animagus who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1947 to 1954 and was sorted into Gryffindor.
The rare forms include creatures like hippogriffs, unicorns and thestrals, which don't seem like viable Animagus forms. It's not impossible, but it just doesn't seem too plausible that someone could transform into a dragon.
Godric Gryffindor never died. He is an animagus that took the form of a phoenix and can no longer transform back to his human form due to it being so old.
She was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and hated her time at the school due to never being given any positions of power. After her time at Hogwarts, Umbridge rose to prominent and influential positions in the Ministry of Magic in the Improper Use of Magic Office.
Remus was turned by Fenrir Greyback, who sought revenge on his father for his unkind words about the werewolf community. The attack took place just before his fifth birthday, and although Lyall burst in and saved his son from death, the attack left Remus as a werewolf himself.