Birding trip Madagascar

Madagascar birding trip 19 Nov - 5 Dec 2010

trip report by John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl

Species list

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
Madagascar Partridge					Isa	end
Harlequin Quail					Isa	*
White-faced Whistling Duck					Ant
Fulvous Whistling Duck					Ant
(EN) Meller's Duck	Per					end
Red-billed Teal					sev
Hottentot Teal				Ifa
Little Grebe				Ifa
(VU) Madagascar Grebe	Per					end
Greater Flamingo				Ifa
Red-tailed Tropicbird					NsV	*
(NT) Madagascar Ibis	Per					end
Black-crowned Night Heron					Ant
Striated Heron					sev
Squacco Heron					sev
(EN) Malagasy Pond Heron					Ant	end
Western Cattle Egret					sev
Grey Heron					sev
Western Great Egret					sev
Black Heron					sev
Dimorphic Egret					sev	*
Hamerkop					sev
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk		Ran	Zom			end
Yellow-billed Kite					sev
(VU) Malagasy Harrier					Isa	end
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk		Ran		Ifa		end
Frances's Sparrowhawk	Per					end
(NT) Henst's Goshawk		Ran(h)				end
Madagascar Buzzard	Per	Ran				end
Malagasy Kestrel	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa	sev	end
Sooty Falcon					Ant	*
(VU) Brown Mesite		Ran				end
(VU) Subdesert Mesite				Ifa		end
Madagascar Flufftail	Per	Ran				end
Madagascar Wood Rail	Per(N)	Ran(h)				end
(VU) Madagascar Rail	Per					end
White-throated Rail	Per					end
Common Moorhen					Ant
Red-knobbed Coot				Ifa
Madagascar Buttonquail					Isa	end
Crab-plover					SWc
Black-winged Stilt					SWc
Grey Plover					SWc
Common Ringed Plover					SWc
(VU) Madagascar Plover				Ifa		end
Kittlitz's Plover					SWc
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover					SWc
Greater Sand Plover					SWc
Greater Painted Snipe					SWc
(NT) Madagascar Snipe					>Ran	end
Whimbrel					SWc
Eurasian Curlew					SWc
Common Greenshank					SWc
Terek Sandpiper					SWc
Common Sandpiper					SWc
Ruddy Turnstone					SWc
Sanderling					SWc
Curlew Sandpiper					SWc
(VU) Madagascar Pratincole					>Per	end
Sooty Gull					NsV
Swift Tern					NsV
Lesser Crested Tern					NsV
Saunders's Tern					SWc	*
Roseate Tern					NsV	*
Madagascar Sandgrouse					Tul	end
Malagasy Turtle Dove	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Namaqua Dove			Zom	Ifa
Madagascar Blue Pigeon	Per	Ran				end
Grey-headed Lovebird				Ifa	Tul	end
Greater Vasa Parrot	Per			Ifa		end
Lesser Vasa Parrot	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Malagasy Coucal	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Crested Coua			Zom	Ifa		end
(NT) Verreaux's Coua			Zom			end
Blue Coua	Per	Ran				end
Red-capped (Green-capped) Coua				Ifa		end
Red-fronted Coua	Per	Ran				end
Coquerel's Coua			Zom			end
Running Coua				Ifa		end
Giant Coua			Zom			end
Red-breasted Coua	Per					end
Madagascar (Lesser) Cuckoo	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		(end)
Rainforest Scops Owl	Per					end
White-browed Hawk-Owl			Zom			end
Madagascar(Long-eared) Owl	Per					end
Madagascar Nightjar	Per			Ifa		end
Collared Nightjar	Per					end
African Palm Swift	Per	Ran			sev
Alpine Swift					Isa
Malagasy Black Swift	Per	Ran	Zom		Ant	end
Little Swift					Ant
Cuckoo Roller	Per	Ran	Zom			end
Broad-billed Roller	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa
(VU) Short-legged Ground Roller	Per					end
(VU) Scaly Ground Roller	Per					end
Pitta-like Ground Roller	Per	Ran				end
(NT) Rufous-headed Ground Roller	Per(h)	Ran				end
(VU) Long-tailed Ground Roller				Ifa		end
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher	Per					end
Malagasy Kingfisher	Per	Ran			Ant	end
Olive Bee-eater	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa	sev	*
Madagascar Hoopoe				Ifa		end
Velvet Asity	Per	Ran				end
Common Sunbird-Asity	Per					end
(VU) Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity		Ran				end
Red-tailed Vanga	Per	Ran				end
(VU) Red-shouldered Vanga					Tul	end
Hook-billed Vanga	Per					end
Lafresnaye's Vanga					Tul	end
(NT) Pollen's Vanga		Ran				end
Sickle-billed Vanga				Ifa	Tul	end
White-headed Vanga	Per	Ran				end
Chabert's Vanga	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Blue Vanga		Ran				end
Rufous Vanga			Zom			end
Tylas Vanga	Per	Ran				end
Nuthatch Vanga	Per					end
Dark Newtonia		Ran				end
Common Newtonia	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Archbold's Newtonia				Ifa		end
(VU) Red-tailed Newtonia		Ran?(J)				end
Ward's Flycatcher	Per	Ran				end
Crossley's Vanga	Per					end
Madagascar Cuckooshrike	Per	Ran				end
Crested Drongo	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher	Per	Ran				end
Pied Crow					sev
Madagascar Lark					Isa	end
Malagasy Bulbul	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Mascarene Martin	Per	Ran			Ant	end
Brown-throated Martin	Per	Ran
Barn Swallow					SWc
Malagasy Brush Warbler	Per	Ran			Ant	end
Subdesert Brush Warbler				Ifa	Tul	end
Madagascar Swamp Warbler	Per			Ifa		end
Grey Emutail		Ran				end
Brown Emutail	Per					end
White-throated Oxylabes	Per	Ran(h)				end
Long-billed Bernieria (Greenbul)	Per	Ran	Zom			end
Cryptic Warbler	Per	Ran				end
(NT) Wedge-tailed Jery	Per					end
Thamnornis				Ifa		end
Spectacled Tetraka	Per	Ran				end
(VU) Appert's Tetraka			Zom			end
(NT) Grey-crowned Tetraka		Ran				end
(NT) Madagascar Yellowbrow		Ran				end
Rand's Warbler	Per	Ran				end
Common Jery	Per	Ran		Ifa		end
Green Jery	Per	Ran				end
Stripe-throated Jery	Per	Ran				end
Madagascar Cisticola		Ran		Ifa	Isa	end
Malagasy White-eye	Per	Ran	Zom			end
(introd.) Common Myna	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa	sev
Madagascar Starling	Per	Ran	Zom			end
Madagascar Magpie-Robin	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa		end
Madagascar Stonechat	Per	Ran				end
Littoral Rock Thrush					Ana	end
Forest Rock Thrush		Ran				end
(Benson's Rock Thrush)					Isa
Souimanga Sunbird	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa	sev	end
Malagasy Green Sunbird	Per	Ran				end
Nelicourvi Weaver	Per	Ran				end
Sakalava Weaver			Zom	Ifa		end
Red Fody	Per	Ran	Zom	Ifa	sev	end
Forest Fody	Per					end
Madagascar Mannikin	Per	Ran	Zom			end
Madagascar Wagtail	Per	Ran			sev	end
Lemurs:
Brown Mouse Lemur	Per	Ran
Greater Dwarf Lemur	Per
Furry-eared Dwarf Lemur	Per
Hubbard's Sportive Lemur			Zom
Petter's/Hubbard's Sportive Lemur				Ifa*
Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemur	Per
Golden Bamboo Lemur		Ran
Greater Bamboo Lemur		Ran
Red-bellied Lemur		Ran
Common Brown Lemur	Per
Red-fronted Brown Lemur		Ran
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur	Per
Eastern Woolly Lemur (E. Avahi)	Per
Diademed Sifaka	Per
Milne-Edwards's Sifaka		Ran
Verreaux's Sifaka			Zom
Indri	Per