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Bird Checklist photos and data Madagascar

Number of species: 293

Number of endemics: 105
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 30
Number of introduced species: 6
 
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae
Rockhopper Penguin        Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Madagascar Grebe Endemic Vulnerable
 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Wandering Albatross
Black-browed Albatross Rare/Accidental
Shy Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Sooty Albatross Endangered
 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Antarctic Giant-Petrel Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Cape Petrel Rare/Accidental
Great-winged Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Barau's Petrel Endangered
Broad-billed Prion Rare/Accidental
Salvin's Prion Rare/Accidental
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater Rare/Accidental
 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
 
PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae
Red-billed Tropicbird Rare/Accidental
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Pink-backed Pelican
 
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
 
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
Darter
 
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
 
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron Rare/Accidental
Humblot's Heron Endemic Endangered
Goliath Heron Rare/Accidental
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Egret
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Pond-Heron Endangered
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Little Bittern
 
CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
 
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Sacred Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Madagascar Ibis Endemic Near-threatened
African Spoonbill
 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo Near-threatened
 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Comb Duck
African Pygmy-goose
Bernier's Teal Endemic Endangered
Meller's Duck Endemic Endangered
Red-billed Duck
Hottentot Teal
Madagascar Pochard Endemic Critically endangered
 
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Endemic
Bat Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
Madagascar Fish-Eagle Endemic Critically endangered
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle Endemic Endangered
Western Marsh-Harrier
Reunion Harrier
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk
Frances's Goshawk
Madagascar Sparrowhawk Endemic Near-threatened
Henst's Goshawk Endemic Near-threatened
Madagascar Buzzard Endemic
 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Madagascar Kestrel
Banded Kestrel Endemic
Eleonora's Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Madagascar Partridge Endemic
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl Introduced species
 
GRUIFORMES: Mesitornithidae
White-breasted Mesite Endemic Vulnerable
Brown Mesite Endemic Vulnerable
Subdesert Mesite Endemic Vulnerable
 
GRUIFORMES: Turnicidae
Madagascar Buttonquail Endemic
 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Madagascar Flufftail Endemic
Slender-billed Flufftail Endemic Endangered
Madagascar Wood-Rail Endemic
Water Rail
Madagascar Rail Endemic Vulnerable
White-throated Rail
Corn Crake Near-threatened
Sakalava Rail Endemic Endangered
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Spotted Crake
Purple Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Madagascar Jacana Endemic
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae
Crab Plover
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet Rare/Accidental
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Madagascar Pratincole Breeding endemic Vulnerable
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Pacific Golden-Plover Rare/Accidental
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Madagascar Plover Endemic Vulnerable
Kittlitz's Plover
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Lesser SandPlover
Greater Sand Plover
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Madagascar Snipe Endemic Near-threatened
Black-tailed Godwit Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper Rare/Accidental
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper Rare/Accidental
Wood Sandpiper Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Little Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ruff
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Sooty Gull
Kelp Gull
Grey-headed Gull
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
White-Tern Rare/Accidental
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Saunders' Tern Rare/Accidental
Damara Tern Near-threatened
Gull-billed Tern Rare/Accidental
Caspian Tern
Black Tern Rare/Accidental
White-winged Tern Rare/Accidental
Whiskered Tern
Roseate Tern
Black-naped Tern
Common Tern Rare/Accidental
Great Crested-Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested-Tern
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
South Polar Skua
Brown Skua
Great Skua
Parasitic Jaeger Rare/Accidental
 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Madagascar Sandgrouse Endemic
 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon Introduced species
Madagascar Turtle-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Zebra Dove Introduced species
Madagascar Green-Pigeon
Madagascar Blue-Pigeon Endemic
 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Grey-headed Lovebird Endemic
Vasa Parrot
Black Parrot
 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo Breeding endemic
Giant Coua Endemic
Coquerel's Coua Endemic
Red-breasted Coua Endemic
Red-fronted Coua Endemic
Red-capped Coua Endemic
Running Coua Endemic
Crested Coua Endemic
Verreaux's Coua Endemic Near-threatened
Blue Coua Endemic
Madagascar Coucal
 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Madagascar Red Owl Endemic Endangered
Barn Owl
 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Malagasy Scops-Owl Endemic
Torotoroka Scops-Owl Endemic
White-browed Owl Endemic
Madagascar Long-eared Owl Endemic
Marsh Owl
 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Red-necked Nightjar
Madagascar Nightjar
Collared Nightjar Endemic
 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae
Mascarene Swiftlet Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Malagasy Spinetail
African Palm-Swift
Alpine Swift
African Swift
Madagascar Swift
 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
Malagasy Kingfisher
Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher Endemic
 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Madagascar Bee-eater
 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Malachite Kingfisher
 
CORACIIFORMES: Brachypteraciidae
Short-legged Ground-Roller Endemic Vulnerable
Scaly Ground-Roller Endemic Vulnerable
Pitta-like Ground-Roller Endemic
Rufous-headed Ground-Roller Endemic Near-threatened
Long-tailed Ground-Roller Endemic Vulnerable
 
CORACIIFORMES: Leptosomatidae
Cuckoo Roller
 
CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
Madagascar Hoopoe Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Philepittidae
Velvet Asity Endemic
Schlegel's Asity Endemic Near-threatened
Sunbird Asity Endemic
Yellow-bellied Asity Endemic Vulnerable
 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Madagascar Lark Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Mascarene Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow Rare/Accidental
Barn Swallow Rare/Accidental
 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Madagascar Wagtail Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Ashy Cuckoo-shrike
 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Long-billed Greenbul Endemic
Spectacled Greenbul Endemic
Appert's Greenbul Endemic Vulnerable
Dusky Greenbul Endemic Vulnerable
Gray-crowned Greenbul Endemic Near-threatened
Madagascar Bulbul
 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Forest Rock-Thrush Endemic
Benson's Rock-Thrush Endemic Near-threatened
Littoral Rock-Thrush Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Madagascar Cisticola
 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Brown Emu-tail Endemic
Grey Emu-tail Endemic
Madagascar Brush-Warbler Endemic
Sub-desert Brush-Warbler
Thamnornis Endemic
Madagascar Swamp-Warbler Endemic
Rand's Warbler Endemic
Dark Newtonia Endemic
Common Newtonia Endemic
Archbold's Newtonia Endemic
Red-tailed Newtonia Endemic Vulnerable
Cryptic Warbler Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Madagascar Magpie-Robin Endemic
African Stonechat
 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Ward's Flycatcher Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher
 
PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae
Common Jery Endemic
Green Jery Endemic
Stripe-throated Jery Endemic
Wedge-tailed Jery Endemic Near-threatened
White-throated Oxylabes Endemic
Yellow-browed Oxylabes Endemic Near-threatened
Crossley's Babbler Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Souimanga Sunbird
Madagascar Sunbird
 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Madagascar White-eye
 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden-Oriole Rare/Accidental
 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
Red-tailed Vanga Endemic
Red-shouldered Vanga Endemic Vulnerable
Rufous Vanga Endemic
Hook-billed Vanga Endemic
Lafresnaye's Vanga Endemic
Van Dam's Vanga Endemic Endangered
Pollen's Vanga Endemic Near-threatened
Sickle-billed Vanga Endemic
White-headed Vanga Endemic
Chabert Vanga Endemic
Blue Vanga
Bernier's Vanga Endemic Vulnerable
Helmet Vanga Endemic Vulnerable
Tylas Vanga Endemic
Coral-billed Nuthatch Endemic
 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Crested Drongo