Madagascar · Toliara Province
Ifaty – spiny forest reserves
164 species and 27,751 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 97 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
Running CouaCoua cursor
Crested CouaCoua cristata
Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava
Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
Long-tailed Ground RollerUratelornis chimaera
Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
Common JeryNeomixis tenella
Stripe-throated JeryNeomixis striatigula
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
Sickle-billed VangaFalculea palliata
Subdesert MesiteMonias benschiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Belalanda Wetlands18 km121 species
- Nosy Ve59 km106 species
All 164 species recorded here
- Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga
- Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus
- Crested Coua Coua cristata
- Running Coua Coua cursor
- Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava
- Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera
- Common Jery Neomixis tenella
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis
- Malagasy Coucal Centropus toulou
- Subdesert Mesite Monias benschi
- Malagasy Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturatus
- Stripe-throated Jery Neomixis striatigula
- Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert
- Malagasy Kestrel Falco newtoni
- Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata
- Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda
- Malagasy Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis
- Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi
- Thamnornis Thamnornis chloropetoides
- Grey-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus
- Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
- Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
- Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps
- Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Lesser Vasa Parrot Coracopsis nigra
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Greater Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata
- Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris
- Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris
- Subdesert Brush Warbler Nesillas lantzii
- Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
- White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis
- Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis
- Malagasy Green Sunbird Cinnyris notatus
- Madagascar Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris cinereus
- Malagasy Black Swift Apus balstoni
- Rainforest Scops Owl Otus rutilus
- Madagascar Spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis
- Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
- Banded Kestrel Falco zoniventris
- Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
- Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina
- Madagascar Green Pigeon Treron australis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis
- Madagascar Plover Anarhynchus thoracicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Frances's Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza francesiae
- Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Malagasy Brush Warbler Nesillas typica
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Madagascar Martin Riparia cowani
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
- Malagasy Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides
- Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Forest Fody Foudia omissa
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Green Jery Neomixis viridis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Madagascar Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-browed Owl Athene superciliaris
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Long-billed Bernieria Bernieria madagascariensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Giant Coua Coua gigas
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi
- Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous Vanga Schetba rufa
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops
- Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus
- White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus
- Littoral Rock Thrush Monticola imerina
- Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi
- Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus
- Bernier's Teal Anas bernieri
- Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis
- Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Blue Coua Coua caerulea
- Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity Neodrepanis hypoxantha
- Madagascar Blue Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis
- Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Forest Rock Thrush Monticola sharpei
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Appert's Tetraka Xanthomixis apperti
- Grey-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ifaty – spiny forest reserves?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 97 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ifaty – spiny forest reserves?
164 species, from 27,751 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ifaty – spiny forest reserves in November?
The most recorded in November: Souimanga Sunbird, Crested Drongo, Running Coua, Crested Coua and Sakalava Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.