Birds of Madagascar
Madagascar hosts 226 regularly occurring species in this directory, 69 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- Crested CouaCoua cristata
- 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
- Giant CouaCoua gigas
- Coquerel's CouaCoua coquereli
- Madagascar Forest RailMentocrex kioloides
- Nuthatch VangaHypositta corallirostris
- Madagascar IbisLophotibis cristata
- 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
- 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
- Red-tailed NewtoniaNewtonia fanovanae
- Madagascar Serpent EagleEutriorchis astur
- Tsingy Forest RailMentocrex beankaensis
All regular species
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
- Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
- Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
- Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
- Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common JeryNeomixis tenella
- Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
- Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
- Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris
- 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
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Crested CouaCoua cristata
- Greater Vasa ParrotCoracopsis vasa
- Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinus
- Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis
- 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
- 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
- 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 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
- Short-legged Ground RollerBrachypteracias leptosomus
- Wedge-tailed JeryHartertula flavoviridis
- 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
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- 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
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- 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
- 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