Birds of Madagascar

Endemic to Madagascar

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Common JeryNeomixis tenella
• Lesser Vasa ParrotCoracopsis nigra
• Chabert VangaLeptopterus chabert
• Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterus
• Blue CouaCoua caerulea
• Madagascar HoopoeUpupa marginata
• Stripe-throated JeryNeomixis striatigula
• Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava
• Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereus
• Madagascar MannikinLepidopygia nana
• Crested CouaCoua cristata
• Madagascar LarkEremopterix hova
• Hook-billed VangaVanga curvirostris
• White-headed VangaArtamella viridis
• Green JeryNeomixis viridis
• Subdesert Brush WarblerNesillas lantzii
• Red-capped CouaCoua ruficeps
• Sickle-billed VangaFalculea palliata
• Rand's WarblerRandia pseudozosterops
• Madagascar Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus newtoni
• Madagascar FlufftailSarothrura insularis
• Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudii
• Pitta-like Ground RollerAtelornis pittoides
• Rufous VangaSchetba rufa
• Running CouaCoua cursor
• Madagascar MartinRiparia cowani
• Giant CouaCoua gigas
• Coquerel's CouaCoua coquereli
• Madagascar Forest RailMentocrex kioloides
• Nuthatch VangaHypositta corallirostris
• Madagascar IbisLophotibis cristata
• White-browed OwlAthene superciliaris
• Olive-capped CouaCoua olivaceiceps
• Crossley's VangaMystacornis crossleyi
• Lafresnaye's VangaXenopirostris xenopirostris
• ThamnornisThamnornis chloropetoides
• Red-breasted CouaCoua serriana
• Verreaux's CouaCoua verreauxi
• Long-tailed Ground RollerUratelornis chimaera
• Archbold's NewtoniaNewtonia archboldi
• White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatus
• Madagascar SandgrousePterocles personatus
• Madagascar GrebeTachybaptus pelzelnii
• Madagascar SparrowhawkAccipiter madagascariensis
• Scaly Ground RollerGeobiastes squamiger
• Rufous-headed Ground RollerAtelornis crossleyi
• Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensis
• Collared NightjarGactornis enarratus
• Subdesert MesiteMonias benschi
• Pollen's VangaXenopirostris polleni
• Madagascar Fish EagleIcthyophaga vociferoides
• Short-legged Ground RollerBrachypteracias leptosomus
• Red-shouldered VangaCalicalicus rufocarpalis
• Cryptic WarblerCryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
• Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensis
• Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinucha
• Littoral Rock ThrushMonticola imerina
• Madagascar RailRallus madagascariensis
• Schlegel's AsityPhilepitta schlegeli
• Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolor
• Appert's TetrakaXanthomixis apperti
• Van Dam's VangaXenopirostris damii
• Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactyla
• Brown EmutailBradypterus brunneus
• Banded KestrelFalco zoniventris
• Helmet VangaEuryceros prevostii
• Madagascar YellowbrowCrossleyia xanthophrys
• Bernier's TealAnas bernieri
• Bernier's VangaOriolia bernieri
• Yellow-bellied Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis hypoxantha
• Amber Mountain Rock ThrushMonticola erythronotus
• Red OwlTyto soumagnei
• Slender-billed FlufftailSarothrura watersi
• Sakalava RailZapornia olivieri
• Red-tailed NewtoniaNewtonia fanovanae
• Madagascar Serpent EagleEutriorchis astur
• Tsingy Forest RailMentocrex beankaensis
• Dusky TetrakaCrossleyia tenebrosa

All regular species

• Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
• Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
• Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
• Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
• Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
• Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Common JeryNeomixis tenella
• Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
• Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
• Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
• Lesser Vasa ParrotCoracopsis nigra
• Malagasy Brush WarblerNesillas typica
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Chabert VangaLeptopterus chabert
• Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
• Namaqua DoveOena capensis
• Malagasy KingfisherCorythornis vintsioides
• Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterus
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Madagascar CisticolaCisticola cherina
• Malagasy Palm SwiftCypsiurus gracilis
• Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensis
• Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor
• Blue CouaCoua caerulea
• Madagascar HoopoeUpupa marginata
• Malagasy Green SunbirdCinnyris notatus
• Long-billed BernieriaBernieria madagascariensis
• Stripe-throated JeryNeomixis striatigula
• Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava
• Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereus
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• Madagascar MannikinLepidopygia nana
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• Crested CouaCoua cristata
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Madagascar LarkEremopterix hova
• Greater Vasa ParrotCoracopsis vasa
• Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinus
• Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Madagascar Scops OwlOtus rutilus
• Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourvi
• Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
• Grey-headed LovebirdAgapornis canus
• White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
• Hook-billed VangaVanga curvirostris
• Madagascar Blue PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensis
• Spectacled TetrakaXanthomixis zosterops
• Tylas VangaTylas eduardi
• Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
• Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• White-headed VangaArtamella viridis
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Malagasy Black SwiftApus balstoni
• White-throated RailDryolimnas cuvieri
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Green JeryNeomixis viridis
• Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatus
• Subdesert Brush WarblerNesillas lantzii
• Madagascar ButtonquailTurnix nigricollis
• Red-capped CouaCoua ruficeps
• Ward's VangaPseudobias wardi
• Sickle-billed VangaFalculea palliata
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Rand's WarblerRandia pseudozosterops
• Madagascar Green PigeonTreron australis
• Velvet AsityPhilepitta castanea
• Madagascar Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus newtoni
• Madagascar FlufftailSarothrura insularis
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudii
• Madagascar SpinetailZoonavena grandidieri
• Pitta-like Ground RollerAtelornis pittoides
• Forest FodyFoudia omissa
• Rufous VangaSchetba rufa
• Madagascar StarlingHartlaubius auratus
• Running CouaCoua cursor
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Forest Rock ThrushMonticola sharpei
• Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
• HamerkopScopus umbretta
• Madagascar Pygmy KingfisherCorythornis madagascariensis
• Madagascar MartinRiparia cowani
• Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
• Common Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis coruscans
• Giant CouaCoua gigas
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• White-throated OxylabesOxylabes madagascariensis
• Coquerel's CouaCoua coquereli
• Madagascar Forest RailMentocrex kioloides
• Nuthatch VangaHypositta corallirostris
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Humblot's HeronArdea humbloti
• Madagascar IbisLophotibis cristata
• White-browed OwlAthene superciliaris
• Olive-capped CouaCoua olivaceiceps
• Dark NewtoniaNewtonia amphichroa
• Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
• Meller's DuckAnas melleri
• Crossley's VangaMystacornis crossleyi
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Lafresnaye's VangaXenopirostris xenopirostris
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• ThamnornisThamnornis chloropetoides
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
• Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularis
• Red-breasted CouaCoua serriana
• Verreaux's CouaCoua verreauxi
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Long-tailed Ground RollerUratelornis chimaera
• Archbold's NewtoniaNewtonia archboldi
• White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatus
• Madagascar SandgrousePterocles personatus
• Madagascar GrebeTachybaptus pelzelnii
• Madagascar SparrowhawkAccipiter madagascariensis
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• Scaly Ground RollerGeobiastes squamiger
• Rufous-headed Ground RollerAtelornis crossleyi
• Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensis
• Collared NightjarGactornis enarratus
• Subdesert MesiteMonias benschi
• Pollen's VangaXenopirostris polleni
• Madagascar Fish EagleIcthyophaga vociferoides
• Short-legged Ground RollerBrachypteracias leptosomus
• Wedge-tailed JeryHartertula flavoviridis
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Grey-crowned TetrakaXanthomixis cinereiceps
• Red-shouldered VangaCalicalicus rufocarpalis
• Cryptic WarblerCryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
• Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensis
• Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinucha
• Madagascar PartridgeMargaroperdix madagarensis
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Littoral Rock ThrushMonticola imerina
• Madagascar RailRallus madagascariensis
• Schlegel's AsityPhilepitta schlegeli
• Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolor
• Appert's TetrakaXanthomixis apperti
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• Van Dam's VangaXenopirostris damii
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactyla
• Brown EmutailBradypterus brunneus
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
• Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
• Banded KestrelFalco zoniventris
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Malagasy HarrierCircus macrosceles
• Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieri
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Helmet VangaEuryceros prevostii
• Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
• Madagascar YellowbrowCrossleyia xanthophrys
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Bernier's TealAnas bernieri
• Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
• African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• African DarterAnhinga rufa
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Bernier's VangaOriolia bernieri
• Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• Yellow-bellied Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis hypoxantha
• Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
• Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Marsh OwlAsio capensis
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Amber Mountain Rock ThrushMonticola erythronotus
• African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
• Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
• Madagascar PochardAythya innotata
• Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
• Red OwlTyto soumagnei
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Slender-billed FlufftailSarothrura watersi
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Sakalava RailZapornia olivieri
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Red-tailed NewtoniaNewtonia fanovanae
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
• Madagascar Serpent EagleEutriorchis astur
• Tsingy Forest RailMentocrex beankaensis
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
• Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
• Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
• Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Dusky TetrakaCrossleyia tenebrosa
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• OspreyPandion haliaetus
• Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
• Common HoopoeUpupa epops
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
• Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredus
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia