Site Report: Antananarivo
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
Madagascar Pond-Heron (Ardeola idae)
Mascarene Martin (Phedina borbonica)
Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata)
House Gecko (Hemidactylus mercatorius)
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Meller's Duck (Anas melleri)
Brilliant Blue (Junonia rhadama)
Madagascar Brush-Warbler (Nesillas typica)
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Madagascar Pond-Heron (Ardeola idae)
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Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
Madagascar Pond-Heron (Ardeola idae)
Mascarene Martin (Phedina borbonica)
Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata)
House Gecko (Hemidactylus mercatorius)
Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
Meller's Duck (Anas melleri)
Brilliant Blue (Junonia rhadama)
Madagascar Brush-Warbler (Nesillas typica)
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Madagascar Pond-Heron (Ardeola idae)
City
Visits
- 2017-10-30: After a couple of overnight flights and some party time in exciting Cromer, UK, we finally made it to Antananarivo just in time to wake up six hours later for a flight to Toliara.
- 2017-11-18: Back in Antananarivo after several days exploring the south of Madagascar. The air pollution in Tana is really spectacular. There are some good pizza restaurants as well.
- 2017-11-23: We had enough of downtown Tana, so we arranged to stay closer to the airport. There was a great pizza on the airport road, and Barbara spent her last ariary on a massage. The massage place doubled as a passion fruit farm, and passion fruit is clearly the top fruit in the world. We also took a trip to some knick-knack market to buy the future trash of America. Sadly, there were probably 100 shells poached from endangered sea turtles scattered throughout the market for sale to tourists.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (32 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(2 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Brilliant Blue (Junonia rhadama)
- Family: Milkweed Butterflies
- Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
Phylum: Chordates
(30 records)
Class: Birds
(28 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Meller's Duck (Anas melleri)
- Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Malagasy Turtle-Dove (Nesoenas picturatus)
- Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
- Order: Pelicans
(8 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
- Family: Herons
- Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- Madagascar Pond-Heron (Ardeola idae)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Order: Perching Birds
(6 records)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- Madagascar Brush-Warbler (Nesillas typica)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Swallows
- Mascarene Martin (Phedina borbonica)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
- Family: White-eyes
- Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (2 records)