| Madagascar birding trip 19 Nov - 5 Dec 2010 |
| trip report by John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl |
| Species list |
| see also introduction
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end = endemic; (end) = endemic breeder but migrates partly to Africa;
* = other lifer
(h)= heard only
EN = endangered, VU = vulnerable, NT = near-threatened;
Per = Perinet area (Andasibe-Mantadia NP)
Ran = Ranomafana NP
Zom = Zombitse NP
Ifa = Ifaty + spiny forest
in column 'other':
Ant = near Antananarivo
Isa = well before, in and after Isalo NP (i.e., the grassy plains)
Tul = just inland from Tulear
NsV = Nosy Ve island (Ana = Anakao opposite the island)
SWc = the southwest coast between Nosy Ve and Ifaty
sev = several sites, mainly along the road
>Per = along the road to Perinet
Per Ran Zom Ifa other
(introd) Helmeted Guineafowl Isa Numida meleagris
Madagascar Partridge Isa Margaroperdix madagascariensis end
Harlequin Quail Isa Coturnix delegorguei *
White-faced Whistling Duck Ant Dendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling Duck Ant Dendrocygna bicolor
(EN) Meller's Duck Per Anas melleri end
Red-billed Teal sev Anas erythrorhyncha
Hottentot Teal Ifa Anas hottentota
Little Grebe Ifa Tachybaptus ruficollis
(VU) Madagascar Grebe Per Tachybaptus pelzelnii end
Greater Flamingo Ifa Phoenicopterus roseus
Red-tailed Tropicbird NsV Phaethon rubricauda *
(NT) Madagascar Ibis Per Lophotibis cristata end
Black-crowned Night Heron Ant Nycticorax nycticorax
Striated Heron sev Butorides striata
Squacco Heron sev Ardeola ralloides
(EN) Malagasy Pond Heron Ant Ardeola idae end
Western Cattle Egret sev Bubulcus ibis
Grey Heron sev Ardea cinerea
Western Great Egret sev Ardea alba
Black Heron sev Egretta ardesiaca
Dimorphic Egret sev Egretta dimorpha *
Hamerkop sev Scopus umbretta
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Ran Zom Aviceda madagascariensis end
Yellow-billed Kite sev Milvus aegyptius
(VU) Malagasy Harrier Isa Circus macrosceles end
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Ran Ifa Polyboroides radiatus end
Frances's Sparrowhawk Per Accipiter francesiae end
(NT) Henst's Goshawk Ran(h) Accipiter henstii end
Madagascar Buzzard Per Ran Buteo brachypterus end
Malagasy Kestrel Per Ran Zom Ifa sev Falco newtoni end
Sooty Falcon Ant Falco concolor *
(VU) Brown Mesite Ran Mesitornis unicolor end
(VU) Subdesert Mesite Ifa Monias benschi end
Madagascar Flufftail Per Ran Sarothrura insularis end
Madagascar Wood Rail Per(N)Ran(h) Canirallus kioloides end
(VU) Madagascar Rail Per Rallus madagascariensis end
White-throated Rail Per Dryolimnas cuvieri end
Common Moorhen Ant Gallinula chloropus
Red-knobbed Coot Ifa Fulica cristata
Madagascar Buttonquail Isa Turnix nigricollis end
Crab-plover SWc Dromas ardeola
Black-winged Stilt SWc Himantopus himantopus
Grey Plover SWc Pluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed Plover SWc Charadrius hiaticula
(VU) Madagascar Plover Ifa Charadrius thoracicus end
Kittlitz's Plover SWc Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
White-fronted Plover SWc Charadrius marginatus
Greater Sand Plover SWc Charadrius leschenaultii
Greater Painted Snipe SWc Rostratula benghalensis
(NT) Madagascar Snipe >Ran Gallinago macrodactyla end
Whimbrel SWc Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew SWc Numenius arquata
Common Greenshank SWc Tringa nebularia
Terek Sandpiper SWc Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper SWc Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone SWc Arenaria interpres
Sanderling SWc Calidris alba
Curlew Sandpiper SWc Calidris ferruginea
(VU) Madagascar Pratincole >Per Glareola ocularis end
Sooty Gull NsV Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Swift Tern NsV Thalasseus bergii
Lesser Crested Tern NsV Thalasseus bengalensis
Saunders's Tern SWc Sternula saundersi *
Roseate Tern NsV Sterna dougallii *
Madagascar Sandgrouse Tul Pterocles personatus end
Malagasy Turtle Dove Per Ran Zom Ifa Nesoenas picturata end
Namaqua Dove Zom Ifa Oena capensis
Madagascar Blue Pigeon Per Ran Alectroenas madagascariensis end
Grey-headed Lovebird Ifa Tul Agapornis canus end
Greater Vasa Parrot Per Ifa Coracopsis vasa end
Lesser Vasa Parrot Per Ran Zom Ifa Coracopsis nigra end
Malagasy Coucal Per Ran Zom Ifa Centropus toulou end
Crested Coua Zom Ifa Coua cristata end
(NT) Verreaux's Coua Zom Coua verreauxi end
Blue Coua Per Ran Coua caerulea end
Red-capped (Green-capped) Coua Ifa Coua ruficeps (olivaceiceps) end
Red-fronted Coua Per Ran Coua reynaudii end
Coquerel's Coua Zom Coua coquereli end
Running Coua Ifa Coua cursor end
Giant Coua Zom Coua gigas end
Red-breasted Coua Per Coua serriana end
Madagascar (Lesser) Cuckoo Per Ran Zom Ifa Cuculus rochii (end)
Rainforest Scops Owl Per Otus rutilus end
White-browed Hawk-Owl Zom Ninox superciliaris end
Madagascar(Long-eared) Owl Per Asio madagascariensis end
Madagascar Nightjar Per Ifa Caprimulgus madagascariensis end
Collared Nightjar Per Caprimulgus enarratus end
African Palm Swift Per Ran sev Cypsiurus parvus
Alpine Swift Isa Tachymarptis melba
Malagasy Black Swift Per Ran Zom Ant Apus balstoni end
Little Swift Ant Apus affinis
Cuckoo Roller Per Ran Zom Leptosomus discolor end
Broad-billed Roller Per Ran Zom Ifa Eurystomus glaucurus
(VU) Short-legged Ground Roller Per Brachypteracias leptosomus end
(VU) Scaly Ground Roller Per Geobiastes squamiger end
Pitta-like Ground Roller Per Ran Atelornis pittoides end
(NT) Rufous-headed Ground Roller Per(h) Ran Atelornis crossleyi end
(VU) Long-tailed Ground Roller Ifa Uratelornis chimaera end
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Per Ispidina madagascariensis end
Malagasy Kingfisher Per Ran Ant Alcedo vintsioides end
Olive Bee-eater Per Ran Zom Ifa sev Merops superciliosus *
Madagascar Hoopoe Ifa Upupa marginata end
Velvet Asity Per Ran Philepitta castanea end
Common Sunbird-Asity Per Neodrepanis coruscans end
(VU) Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity Ran Neodrepanis hypoxantha end
Red-tailed Vanga Per Ran Calicalicus madagascariensis end
(VU) Red-shouldered Vanga Tul Calicalicus rufocarpalis end
Hook-billed Vanga Per Vanga curvirostris end
Lafresnaye's Vanga Tul Xenopirostris xenopirostris end
(NT) Pollen's Vanga Ran Xenopirostris polleni end
Sickle-billed Vanga Ifa Tul Falculea palliata end
White-headed Vanga Per Ran Artamella viridis end
Chabert's Vanga Per Ran Zom Ifa Leptopterus chabert end
Blue Vanga Ran Cyanolanius madagascarinus end
Rufous Vanga Zom Schetba rufa end
Tylas Vanga Per Ran Tylas eduardi end
Nuthatch Vanga Per Hypositta corallirostris end
Dark Newtonia Ran Newtonia amphichroa end
Common Newtonia Per Ran Zom Ifa Newtonia brunneicauda end
Archbold's Newtonia Ifa Newtonia archboldi end
(VU) Red-tailed Newtonia Ran?(J) Newtonia fanovanae end
Ward's Flycatcher Per Ran Pseudobias wardi end
Crossley's Vanga Per Mystacornis crossleyi end
Madagascar Cuckooshrike Per Ran Coracina cinerea end
Crested Drongo Per Ran Zom Ifa Dicrurus forficatus end
Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher Per Ran Terpsiphone mutata end
Pied Crow sev Corvus albus
Madagascar Lark Isa Mirafra hova end
Malagasy Bulbul Per Ran Zom Ifa Hypsipetes madagascariensis end
Mascarene Martin Per Ran Ant Phedina borbonica end
Brown-throated Martin Per Ran Riparia paludicola
Barn Swallow SWc Hirundo rustica
Malagasy Brush Warbler Per Ran Ant Nesillas typica end
Subdesert Brush Warbler Ifa Tul Nesillas lantzii end
Madagascar Swamp Warbler Per Ifa Acrocephalus newtoni end
Grey Emutail Ran Amphilais seebohmi end
Brown Emutail Per Dromaeocercus brunneus end
White-throated Oxylabes Per Ran(h) Oxylabes madagascariensis end
Long-billed Bernieria (Greenbul) Per Ran Zom Bernieria madagascariensis end
Cryptic Warbler Per Ran Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi end
(NT) Wedge-tailed Jery Per Hartertula flavoviridis end
Thamnornis Ifa Thamnornis chloropetoides end
Spectacled Tetraka Per Ran Xanthomixis zosterops end
(VU) Appert's Tetraka Zom Xanthomixis apperti end
(NT) Grey-crowned Tetraka Ran Xanthomixis cinereiceps end
(NT) Madagascar Yellowbrow Ran Crossleyia xanthophrys end
Rand's Warbler Per Ran Randia pseudozosterops end
Common Jery Per Ran Ifa Neomixis tenella end
Green Jery Per Ran Neomixis viridis end
Stripe-throated Jery Per Ran Neomixis striatigula end
Madagascar Cisticola Ran Ifa Isa Cisticola cherina end
Malagasy White-eye Per Ran Zom Zosterops maderaspatanus end
(introd.) Common Myna Per Ran Zom Ifa sev Acridotheres tristis
Madagascar Starling Per Ran Zom Hartlaubius auratus end
Madagascar Magpie-Robin Per Ran Zom Ifa Copsychus albospecularis end
Madagascar Stonechat Per Ran Saxicola sibilla end
Littoral Rock Thrush Ana Monticola imerina end
Forest Rock Thrush Ran Monticola sharpei end
(Benson's Rock Thrush) Isa lumped with sharpei
Souimanga Sunbird Per Ran Zom Ifa sev Cinnyris souimanga end
Malagasy Green Sunbird Per Ran Cinnyris notatus end
Nelicourvi Weaver Per Ran Ploceus nelicourvi end
Sakalava Weaver Zom Ifa Ploceus sakalava end
Red Fody Per Ran Zom Ifa sev Foudia madagascariensis end
Forest Fody Per Foudia omissa end
Madagascar Mannikin Per Ran Zom Lemuresthes nana end
Madagascar Wagtail Per Ran sev Motacilla flaviventris end
The above are our own observations (Nollie & John).
See also the day-by-day spreadsheet for the whole group.
Nollie saw all of these, I missed Short-legged Ground Roller and only heard Madagascar Wood Rail.
Additional endemics seen by one/two others of the group: Henst's Goshawk, Madagascar Green Pigeon.
Red-tailed Newtonia: a possible sighting by Wietze Janse and me. He saw the red tail,
and we both saw the plain plumage with the remarkable blackish eye, and no white throat
(which excludes the only similar species, female Red-tailed Vanga).
Lemurs:
Brown Mouse Lemur Per Ran Microcebus rufus
Greater Dwarf Lemur Per Cheirogaleus major
Furry-eared Dwarf Lemur Per Cheirogaleus crossleyi
Hubbard's Sportive Lemur* Zom Lepilemur hubbardi
Petter's/Hubbard's Sportive Lemur* Ifa* Lepilemur petteri/hubbardi
Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemur Per Hapalemur griseus
Golden Bamboo Lemur Ran Hapalemur aureus
Greater Bamboo Lemur Ran Hapalemur simus
Red-bellied Lemur Ran Eulemur rubiventer
Common Brown Lemur Per Eulemur fulvus
Red-fronted Brown Lemur Ran Eulemur rufus
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur Per Varecia variegata
Eastern Woolly Lemur (E. Avahi) Per Avahi laniger
Diademed Sifaka Per Propithecus diadema
Milne-Edwards's Sifaka Ran Propithecus edwardsi
Verreaux's Sifaka Zom Propithecus verreauxi
Indri Per Indri indri
* precise distribution in SW Madagascar unclear
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