Bird AlbumMadagascar · Mahajanga Province
Ankarafantsika – Circuit Retendrika
103 species and 6,277 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 66 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Schlegel's AsityPhilepitta schlegeli
Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda
Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Crested CouaCoua cristata
Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor
White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatus
Long-billed BernieriaBernieria madagascariensis66 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 103 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ankarafantsika NP – Lac Ravelobe1 km127 species
- Ankarafantsika Park Headquarters1 km125 species
- Ankarafantsika – Circuit Coquereli2 km108 species
- Ankarafantsika NP6 km146 species
All 103 species recorded here
- Malagasy Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis
- Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata
- Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga
- Schlegel's Asity Philepitta schlegeli
- Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus
- Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis
- Lesser Vasa Parrot Coracopsis nigra
- Crested Coua Coua cristata
- Long-billed Bernieria Bernieria madagascariensis
- Malagasy Coucal Centropus toulou
- Malagasy Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturatus
- Common Jery Neomixis tenella
- Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
- Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor
- White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus
- Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata
- Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Madagascar Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris cinereus
- Malagasy Green Sunbird Cinnyris notatus
- Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
- Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rufous Vanga Schetba rufa
- Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata
- Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae
- White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis
- Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
- Greater Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis
- Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Malagasy Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides
- Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata
- Madagascar Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vociferoides
- Rainforest Scops Owl Otus rutilus
- Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert
- Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Grey-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus
- Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
- Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
- Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Van Dam's Vanga Xenopirostris damii
- Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Malagasy Kestrel Falco newtoni
- White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus
- Malagasy Brush Warbler Nesillas typica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Malagasy Black Swift Apus balstoni
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris
- Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
- Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Henst's Goshawk Astur henstii
- Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Forest Rock Thrush Monticola sharpei
- Common Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis coruscans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis
- Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops
- Madagascar Martin Riparia cowani
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii
- Blue Coua Coua caerulea
- Forest Fody Foudia omissa
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Tylas Vanga Tylas eduardi
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ankarafantsika – Circuit Retendrika?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 66 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ankarafantsika – Circuit Retendrika?
103 species, from 6,277 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ankarafantsika – Circuit Retendrika in November?
The most recorded in November: Schlegel's Asity, Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher, Malagasy Bulbul, Common Newtonia and Souimanga Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.