Madagascar birding trip 19 Nov - 5 Dec 2010

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

Photos of endemic birds and lemurs   Part 1 - rainforest sites       (part 2 - dry Southwest)

see also introduction  -  photos of sites  -  other photos  - species list

Madagascar Wagtail. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl Photos from here till the scops-owl are from the Perinet area.

White-throated Rail. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Common Jery. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Common Jery. Photo Hans Semeins

Cuckoo Roller. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Hook-billed Vanga. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Collared Nightjar (with young on the lefthand side). Photo Eduard Sangster

Collared Nightjar. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher. Photo Hans Semeins

Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher. Photo Hans Semeins

Lesser Vasa Parrot. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar (Little) Grebe. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Meller's Duck, an endangered species. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Crossley's Vanga (Babbler). Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Eastern Grey Bamboo Lemur. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Red-fronted Coua. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Red-breasted Coua. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Scaly Ground Roller. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Scaly Ground Roller. Photo Hans Semeins

Tylas Vanga. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Diademed Sifaka. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Malagasy Bulbul. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Malagasy Kingfisher below nest hole left. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Stonechat. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Ward's Flycatcher. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Ward's Flycatcher. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Velvet Asity male (female see below). Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur, with tracking antenna. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur. Photo Hans Semeins

Madagascar (Crested) Ibis, walking away from us, but also seen in flight, a wonderful sight amidst the green foliage. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Malagasy Kingfisher. Photo Hans Semeins

Common Sunbird Asity. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher. Photo Hans Semeins

Indri. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Nelicourvi Weaver. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Magpie-Robin. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Velvet Asity female. Photo Hans Semeins

Furry-eared Dwarf Lemur. Photo Wim Ruitenbeek

Rainforest Scops Owl. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl Last photo from the Perinet area. Next six photos are from the region between perinet and Ranomafana.

Malagasy Kestrel.Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Lark. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Malagasy Brush Warbler. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Snipe. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar (Lesser) Cuckoo. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Buzzard. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Forest Rock Thrush. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl All photos from here are from Ranomafana.

Madagascar Starling. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Brown Mouse Lemur. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Red-bellied Lemur. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Pitta-like Ground Roller. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Pitta-like Ground Roller. Photo Hans Semeins

Blue Coua. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Brown Mesite chick, parents were at only a few meters away. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Spectacled Tetraka (Greenbul). Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Grey Emutail. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Malagasy Turtle Dove. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Milne-Edwards's Sifaka. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity. Photo Hans Semeins

Chabert's Vanga. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Greater Bamboo Lemur. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Golden Bamboo Lemur. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Blue Vanga. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Cuckooshrike. Photo Laurens Steijn/ BirdingBreaks.nl

Madagascar Mannikin.  Photo Wim Ruitenbeek

Continue with part 2 of Bird photos : the dry Southwest.

see also introduction  -  photos of sites  -  other photos  - species list