Birds of Madagascar
231 species recorded at 22 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda
Common JeryNeomixis tenella
Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Lesser Vasa ParrotCoracopsis nigra
Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurusMost recorded
Malagasy Brush WarblerNesillas typica
Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
Long-billed BernieriaBernieria madagascariensis
Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensis
Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Blue CouaCoua caerulea
Chabert VangaLeptopterus chabert
Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereus
Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris
Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinus
Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterusHotspots with the most records
- Ifaty – spiny forest reservesToliara Province164 species
- Ranomafana NPFianarantsoa Province157 species
- Parc de TsarasaotraAntananarivo Province110 species
- Andasibe-Mantadia NPToamasina Province149 species
- Andasibe Mantadia National ParkToamasina Province143 species
- Ankarafantsika NPMahajanga Province146 species
- Berenty ReserveToliara Province139 species
- Zombitse-Vohibasia NPToliara Province123 species
- PerinetToamasina Province152 species
- Ranomafana NP—Sahamalaotra TrackFianarantsoa Province115 species
- Ranomafana NP – VohipararaFianarantsoa Province119 species
- Belalanda WetlandsToliara Province121 species
All 22 hotspots
- Ankarafantsika NP – Lac RavelobeMahajanga Province127 species
- V.O.I. M.M.AToamasina Province114 species
- Ankarafantsika – Circuit CoquereliMahajanga Province108 species
- Iaroka ForestToamasina Province105 species
- Ranomafana NP – VariboloFianarantsoa Province114 species
- Le Relais de la Reine/Le Jardin du RoyFianarantsoa Province98 species
- Ankarafantsika – Circuit RetendrikaMahajanga Province103 species
- Analamazaotra Forest StationToamasina Province117 species
- Nosy VeToliara Province106 species
- Ankarafantsika Park HeadquartersMahajanga Province125 species
All species recorded · 231
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Meller's Duck Anas melleri
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus
- Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
- Madagascar Spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Malagasy Black Swift Apus balstoni
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Malagasy Coucal Centropus toulou
- Crested Coua Coua cristata
- Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi
- Blue Coua Coua caerulea
- Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps
- Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps
- Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii
- Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli
- Running Coua Coua cursor
- Giant Coua Coua gigas
- Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus
- Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor
- Subdesert Mesite Monias benschi
- Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Malagasy Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturatus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
- Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
- Madagascar Forest Rail Mentocrex kioloides
- Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis
- Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis
- White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Madagascar Plover Anarhynchus thoracicus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Malagasy Sacred Ibis Threskiornis bernieri
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus
- Madagascar Serpent Eagle Eutriorchis astur
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis
- Henst's Goshawk Astur henstii
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Madagascar Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vociferoides
- Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- White-browed Owl Athene superciliaris
- Rainforest Scops Owl Otus rutilus
- Madagascar Owl Asio madagascariensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor
- Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Short-legged Ground Roller Brachypteracias leptosomus
- Scaly Ground Roller Geobiastes squamiger
- Pitta-like Ground Roller Atelornis pittoides
- Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi
- Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera
- Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis
- Malagasy Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Malagasy Kestrel Falco newtoni
- Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa
- Lesser Vasa Parrot Coracopsis nigra
- Grey-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus
- Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli
- Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea
- Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans
- Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis hypoxantha
- Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis
- Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis
- Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris
- Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri
- Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris
- Van Dam's Vanga Xenopirostris damii
- Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni
- Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata
- White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis
- Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert
- Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus
- Rufous Vanga Schetba rufa
- Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii
- Tylas Vanga Tylas eduardi
- Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris
- Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa
- Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda
- Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi
- Red-tailed Newtonia Newtonia fanovanae
- Ward's Flycatcher Pseudobias wardi
- Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi
- Madagascar Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris cinereus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus
- Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
- Malagasy Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis
- Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
- Madagascar Martin Riparia cowani
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Malagasy Brush Warbler Nesillas typica
- Subdesert Brush Warbler Nesillas lantzii
- Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni
- Benguet Bush Warbler Locustella seebohmi
- Brown Emutail Bradypterus brunneus
- White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis
- Long-billed Bernieria Bernieria madagascariensis
- Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
- Wedge-tailed Jery Hartertula flavoviridis
- Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides
- Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops
- Appert's Tetraka Xanthomixis apperti
- Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps
- Madagascar Yellowbrow Crossleyia xanthophrys
- Dusky Tetraka Crossleyia tenebrosa
- Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops
- Common Jery Neomixis tenella
- Green Jery Neomixis viridis
- Stripe-throated Jery Neomixis striatigula
- Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina
- Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis
- Forest Rock Thrush Monticola sharpei
- Littoral Rock Thrush Monticola imerina
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga
- Malagasy Green Sunbird Cinnyris notatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi
- Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava
- Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
- Forest Fody Foudia omissa
- Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris