Field checklist
Birds of Madagascar
256 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Black Swift | Apus barbatus | Apodidae | NE | |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | Anhingidae | LC | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Anatidae | LC | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rallidae | LC | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Apodidae | LC | |
| Amber Mountain Rock Thrush E | Monticola erythronotus | Muscicapidae | EN | |
| Appert’s Tetraka E | Xanthomixis apperti | Bernieridae | VU | |
| Archbold’s Newtonia E | Newtonia archboldi | Vangidae | LC | |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Diomedeidae | EN | |
| Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rallidae | LC | |
| Banded Kestrel E | Falco zoniventris | Falconidae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barau’s Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Procellariidae | EN | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bernier’s Teal E | Anas bernieri | Anatidae | EN | |
| Bernier’s Vanga E | Oriolia bernieri | Vangidae | EN | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blue Coua E | Coua caerulea | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | Anatidae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Emutail E | Bradypterus brunneus | Locustellidae | LC | |
| Brown Mesite E | Mesitornis unicolor | Mesitornithidae | VU | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | |
| Chabert Vanga E | Leptopterus chabert | Vangidae | LC | |
| Collared Nightjar E | Gactornis enarratus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Jery E | Neomixis tenella | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Newtonia E | Newtonia brunneicauda | Vangidae | LC | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Sunbird-Asity E | Neodrepanis coruscans | Philepittidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Coquerel’s Coua E | Coua coquereli | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | Dromadidae | LC | |
| Crested Coua E | Coua cristata | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Crested Drongo | Dicrurus forficatus | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Crossley’s Vanga E | Mystacornis crossleyi | Vangidae | LC | |
| Cryptic Warbler E | Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi | Bernieridae | LC | |
| Cuckoo-roller | Leptosomus discolor | Leptosomidae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Dark Newtonia E | Newtonia amphichroa | Vangidae | LC | |
| Dusky Tetraka | Crossleyia tenebrosa | Bernieridae | DD | |
| Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Falconidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Upupidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Forest Fody E | Foudia omissa | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Forest Rock Thrush E | Monticola sharpei | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Frances’s Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza francesiae | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Anatidae | LC | |
| Giant Coua E | Coua gigas | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Phoenicopteridae | LC | |
| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rostratulidae | LC | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Greater Vasa Parrot | Coracopsis vasa | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Green Jery E | Neomixis viridis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Grey Emutail E | Bradypterus seebohmi | Locustellidae | LC | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-crowned Tetraka E | Xanthomixis cinereiceps | Bernieridae | NT | |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Laridae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Lovebird | Agapornis canus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Scopidae | LC | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Helmet Vanga E | Euryceros prevostii | Vangidae | EN | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Numididae | LC | |
| Henst’s Goshawk E | Astur henstii | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Hook-billed Vanga E | Vanga curvirostris | Vangidae | LC | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Humblot’s Heron | Ardea humbloti | Ardeidae | EN | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Laridae | LC | |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Lafresnaye’s Vanga E | Xenopirostris xenopirostris | Vangidae | NT | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Phoenicopteridae | NT | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Vasa Parrot | Coracopsis nigra | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Littoral Rock Thrush E | Monticola imerina | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Long-billed Bernieria E | Bernieria madagascariensis | Bernieridae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Ground Roller E | Uratelornis chimaera | Brachypteraciidae | VU | |
| Madagascar Blue Pigeon E | Alectroenas madagascariensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Blue Vanga | Cyanolanius madagascarinus | Vangidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Buttonquail | Turnix nigricollis | Turnicidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Buzzard E | Buteo brachypterus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Madagascar Cisticola | Cisticola cherina | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda madagascariensis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Madagascar Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris cinereus | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Fish Eagle E | Haliaeetus vociferoides | Accipitridae | CR | |
| Madagascar Flufftail E | Sarothrura insularis | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| Madagascar Forest Rail E | Mentocrex kioloides | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| Madagascar Grebe E | Tachybaptus pelzelnii | Podicipedidae | EN | |
| Madagascar Green Pigeon | Treron australis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Harrier-Hawk E | Polyboroides radiatus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Madagascar Hoopoe E | Upupa marginata | Upupidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Ibis E | Lophotibis cristata | Threskiornithidae | VU | |
| Madagascar Jacana E | Actophilornis albinucha | Jacanidae | EN | |
| Madagascar Lark E | Eremopterix hova | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Magpie-Robin E | Copsychus albospecularis | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Madagascar Mannikin E | Lepidopygia nana | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Martin | Riparia cowani | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Owl E | Asio madagascariensis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Partridge | Margaroperdix madagarensis | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Plover E | Anarhynchus thoracicus | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Madagascar Pochard E | Aythya innotata | Anatidae | CR | |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Glareolidae | NT | |
| Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher E | Corythornis madagascariensis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Rail E | Rallus madagascariensis | Rallidae | VU | |
| Madagascar Sandgrouse E | Pterocles personatus | Pteroclidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Scops Owl | Otus rutilus | Strigidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Serpent Eagle E | Eutriorchis astur | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Madagascar Snipe E | Gallinago macrodactyla | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Madagascar Sparrowhawk E | Accipiter madagascariensis | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Madagascar Spinetail | Zoonavena grandidieri | Apodidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Starling E | Hartlaubius auratus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Swamp Warbler E | Acrocephalus newtoni | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Wagtail E | Motacilla flaviventris | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Yellowbrow E | Crossleyia xanthophrys | Bernieridae | LC | |
| Malagasy Black Swift | Apus balstoni | Apodidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Brush Warbler | Nesillas typica | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Bulbul | Hypsipetes madagascariensis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Coucal | Centropus toulou | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Green Sunbird | Cinnyris notatus | Nectariniidae | NE | |
| Malagasy Harrier | Circus macrosceles | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Malagasy Kestrel | Falco newtoni | Falconidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Kingfisher | Corythornis vintsioides | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Palm Swift | Cypsiurus gracilis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone mutata | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Pond Heron | Ardeola idae | Ardeidae | EN | |
| Malagasy Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis bernieri | Threskiornithidae | EN | |
| Malagasy Turtle Dove | Nesoenas picturatus | Columbidae | LC | |
| Malagasy White-eye | Zosterops maderaspatanus | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Meller’s Duck | Anas melleri | Anatidae | EN | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Nelicourvi Weaver E | Ploceus nelicourvi | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Nuthatch Vanga E | Hypositta corallirostris | Vangidae | LC | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Olive-capped Coua E | Coua olivaceiceps | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Corvidae | LC | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Pitta-like Ground Roller E | Atelornis pittoides | Brachypteraciidae | LC | |
| Pollen’s Vanga E | Xenopirostris polleni | Vangidae | VU | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Rand’s Warbler E | Randia pseudozosterops | Bernieridae | LC | |
| Red Fody | Foudia madagascariensis | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red Owl E | Tyto soumagnei | Tytonidae | VU | |
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | Anatidae | LC | |
| Red-breasted Coua E | Coua serriana | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Red-capped Coua | Coua ruficeps | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-fronted Coua E | Coua reynaudii | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | Rallidae | LC | |
| Red-shouldered Vanga E | Calicalicus rufocarpalis | Vangidae | VU | |
| Red-tailed Newtonia E | Newtonia fanovanae | Vangidae | VU | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Vanga E | Calicalicus madagascariensis | Vangidae | LC | |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Rufous Vanga E | Schetba rufa | Vangidae | LC | |
| Rufous-headed Ground Roller E | Atelornis crossleyi | Brachypteraciidae | NT | |
| Running Coua E | Coua cursor | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Sakalava Rail E | Zapornia olivieri | Rallidae | EN | |
| Sakalava Weaver E | Ploceus sakalava | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Salvin’s Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Diomedeidae | VU | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Saunders’s Tern | Sternula saundersi | Laridae | LC | |
| Scaly Ground Roller E | Geobiastes squamiger | Brachypteraciidae | VU | |
| Schlegel’s Asity E | Philepitta schlegeli | Philepittidae | NT | |
| Scopoli’s Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Short-legged Ground Roller E | Brachypteracias leptosomus | Brachypteraciidae | VU | |
| Sickle-billed Vanga E | Falculea palliata | Vangidae | LC | |
| Slender-billed Flufftail E | Sarothrura watersi | Sarothruridae | NT | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Falconidae | VU | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Souimanga Sunbird | Cinnyris sovimanga | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Spectacled Tetraka E | Xanthomixis zosterops | Bernieridae | LC | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Stripe-throated Jery E | Neomixis striatigula | Cisticolidae | NE | |
| Subdesert Brush Warbler E | Nesillas lantzii | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Subdesert Mesite E | Monias benschi | Mesitornithidae | VU | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Thamnornis E | Thamnornis chloropetoides | Bernieridae | LC | |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | Charadriidae | NE | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Tsingy Forest Rail | Mentocrex beankaensis | Sarothruridae | VU | |
| Tylas Vanga E | Tylas eduardi | Vangidae | LC | |
| Van Dam’s Vanga E | Xenopirostris damii | Vangidae | EN | |
| Velvet Asity E | Philepitta castanea | Philepittidae | LC | |
| Verreaux’s Coua E | Coua verreauxi | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Diomedeidae | VU | |
| Ward’s Vanga E | Pseudobias wardi | Vangidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Jery E | Hartertula flavoviridis | Bernieridae | NT | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Tytonidae | NE | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Laridae | LC | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | Anatidae | LC | |
| White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| White-breasted Mesite E | Mesitornis variegatus | Mesitornithidae | VU | |
| White-browed Owl E | Athene superciliaris | Strigidae | LC | |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | LC | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| White-headed Vanga E | Artamella viridis | Vangidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| White-throated Oxylabes E | Oxylabes madagascariensis | Bernieridae | LC | |
| White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri | Rallidae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity E | Neodrepanis hypoxantha | Philepittidae | VU | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Columbidae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.