Madagascar birding trip 19 Nov - 5 Dec 2010 |
report by John van der Woude - www.jvanderw.nl |
Species list |
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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 If this layout is too broad for your smartphone, then choose this simpler species list 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 Zombitse Sportive Lemur Zom Lepilemur hubbardi Petter's? Sportive Lemur Ifa* Lepilemur petteri 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 taxonomy of this sportive lemur not clear yet |
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