Mascarene Martin

Phedina borbonica (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

12–14 cmLength22 gWeight

The Mascarene martin or Mascarene swallow (Phedina borbonica) is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in Madagascar and in the Mascarene Islands.

Busiest months: November · Most records: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Mascarene Martin has been recorded at 46 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Parc de TsarasaotraMadagascar441 records
Ranomafana NPMadagascar440 records
Andasibe-Mantadia NPMadagascar224 records

More places

Ranomafana NP – VariboloMadagascar128 records
PerinetMadagascar127 records
Ranomafana NP – VohipararaMadagascar107 records
Andasibe Mantadia National ParkMadagascar107 records
Ankarafantsika NPMadagascar103 records
Belalanda WetlandsMadagascar82 records
V.O.I. M.M.AMadagascar78 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Madagascar Mauritius Réunion Mozambique Kenya South Africa

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Mascarene martin or Mascarene swallow (Phedina borbonica) is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in Madagascar and in the Mascarene Islands. The nominate subspecies occurs on Mauritius and Réunion and has never been found away from the Mascarene Islands, but the smaller Madagascan subspecies, P. b. madagascariensis, is migratory and has been recorded wintering in East Africa or wandering to other Indian Ocean islands.

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