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Madagascar

96 bird species live nowhere else on Earth but Madagascar.

Endemic species: 96
Bird species: 256
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 4

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Found nowhere else

Endemic birds of Madagascar

All 96 endemics

Amber Mountain Rock Thrush

Amber Mountain Rock Thrush Monticola erythronotus Endemic to Madagascar

Appert’s Tetraka

Appert’s Tetraka Xanthomixis apperti Endemic to Madagascar

Archbold’s Newtonia

Archbold’s Newtonia Newtonia archboldi Endemic to Madagascar

Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris Endemic to Madagascar

Bernier’s Teal Anas bernieri Endemic to Madagascar

Bernier’s Vanga

Bernier’s Vanga Oriolia bernieri Endemic to Madagascar

Blue Coua Coua caerulea Endemic to Madagascar

Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor Endemic to Madagascar

Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert Endemic to Madagascar

Collared Nightjar

Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus Endemic to Madagascar

Common Jery

Common Jery Neomixis tenella Endemic to Madagascar

Common Newtonia

Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda Endemic to Madagascar

Common Sunbird-Asity

Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans Endemic to Madagascar

Coquerel’s Coua

Coquerel’s Coua Coua coquereli Endemic to Madagascar

Crested Coua Coua cristata Endemic to Madagascar

Crossley’s Vanga

Crossley’s Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi Endemic to Madagascar

Cryptic Warbler

Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi Endemic to Madagascar

Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa Endemic to Madagascar

Forest Fody Foudia omissa Endemic to Madagascar

Forest Rock Thrush

Forest Rock Thrush Monticola sharpei Endemic to Madagascar

Giant Coua

Giant Coua Coua gigas Endemic to Madagascar

Green Jery Neomixis viridis Endemic to Madagascar

Grey Emutail Bradypterus seebohmi Endemic to Madagascar

Grey-crowned Tetraka

Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps Endemic to Madagascar

Identify

Birds you are likely to see in Madagascar

Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba

Pied Crow Corvus albus

Green Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

Namaqua Dove Oena capensis

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis

African Openbill

African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus

Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola

Plan

Where to go birding in Madagascar

Madagascar: Ranomafana and the spiny forest

Madagascar Madagascar: Ranomafana and the spiny forest Ground rollers and mesites found nowhere else on Earth.

JJanuary: Good
FFebruary: Poor or no data
MMarch: Poor or no data
AApril: Poor or no data
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Good
SSeptember: Best
OOctober: Best
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

Read

Field guides for Madagascar

Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands

Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Roger Safford et al., 2016 Madagascar All levels

Birds of Madagascar

Birds of Madagascar Pete Morris, 1998 Madagascar All levels

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara J. C. Sinclair et al., 2004 Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon and more Travelling birders

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands

A Photographic Guide to Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands Ian Sinclair et al., 2007 Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros, Reunion, Mayotte Travelling birders