| Madagascar birding trip 19 Nov - 5 Dec 2010 |
| trip report by John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl |
| Photos of endemic birds and
lemurs Part 2 - the dry Southwest (part 1 - rainforest areas) |
| see also introduction
- photos of sites - other
photos - species list
|
 Malagasy Harrier above the grassy plains NE of Isalo NP. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Malagasy Harrier, same bird. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
%20Rock%20Thrush%20mannetje,%20westelijk%20van%20Isalo,%20Madagascar,%20LS.jpg) Benson's Rock Trush (now lumped with Forest Rock Thrush), Isalo NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
%20Rock%20Thrush,%20westelijk%20van%20Isalo,%20Madagascar,%20LS.jpg) Female of same rock thrush. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Malagasy Kestrel. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 White-browed Hawk-Owl, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 White-browed Hawk-Owl, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Hans Semeins |
 Giant Coua, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Eduard Sangster |
 Giant Coua, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Giant Coua, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Rufous Vanga (without tail), Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Appert's Tetraka (Greenbul), Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Hubbard's (?) Sportive Lemur, Zombitse Forest NP. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Verreaux's Coua, near Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Lafresnaye's Vanga, near Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Sickle-billed Vanga, near Tulear. After the Lafresnaye's Vanga, this was the second new vanga in ten minutes in the bush area just inland from Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Red-shouldered Vanga was the third new vanga in the same bush area near Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Red-shouldered Vanga, near Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Sandgrouse, near Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Sandgrouse, near Tulear. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Madagascar Sandgrouse, near Tulear. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Littoral Rock Thrush male, Anakao. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Littoral Rock Thrush female, Anakao. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Malagasy Kestrel, Anakao. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Red Fody, Anakao. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Sakalava Weaver, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Hoopoe, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Hoopoe, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Plover, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Nightjar, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Subdesert Mesite, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Long-tailed Ground Roller, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Long-tailed Ground Roller, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Long-tailed Ground Roller, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Hans Semeins |
 Thamnornis, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Archbold's Newtonia, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Archbold's Newtonia, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Crested Coua, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Eduard Sangster |
 Crested Coua, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Green-capped Coua (subspecies of Red-capped Coua), spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Running Coua, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Running Coua, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Petter's/Hubbard's Sportive Lemur, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Lafresnaye's Vanga, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Sickle-billed Vanga, spiny forest Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Grey-headed Lovebird pair, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Grey-headed Lovebird male, Ifaty. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Malagasy Coucal, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Chabert's Vanga, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Crested Drongo, Ifaty. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Greater Vasa Parrot, Ifaty. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Madagascar Magpie-Robin. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Malagasy Pond Heron. The bird with the bushy crest facing left. An endangered species and our last endemic. In heronry in Antananarivo. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
| A few non-endemics: |
 Crab-plover, Nosy Ve island south of Tulear. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Lesser Crested Tern (one of c. 1500), Nosy Ve island south of Tulear. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Olive Bee-eater, near Tulear. Also named Madagascar Bee-eater, but winters in eastern Africa, and even breeds there. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Red-tailed Tropicbird, Nosy Ve island south of Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Red-tailed Tropicbird, Nosy Ve island south of Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Greater Painted Snipe, between Ifaty and Tulear. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
 Dimorphic Egret, heronry Antananarivo. Photo Wietze Janse |
 Black Heron, heronry Antananarivo. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl |
| see also introduction - photos of sites - other photos - species list |