Site Report: Ifaty
Deadly Spider
Deadly Scorpion
Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)
Warty Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus)
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)
Madagascar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis)
Common Big-eyed Snake (Mimophis mahfalensis)
Long-tailed Ground-Roller (Uratelornis chimaera)
Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
Subdesert Mesite (Monias benschi) - Male
Gold-spotted Mabuya (Trachylepis aureopunctata)
Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea) - Nymph
Chremistica Cicada (Chremistica ssp)
Madagascar Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
Gray-headed Lovebird (Agapornis canus)
Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
Thamnornis(Thamnornis chloropetoides)
Lafresnaye's Vanga (Xenopirostris xenopirostris)
Three-eyed Lizard (Chalarodon madagascariensis)
Standing's Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata)
Subdesert Mesite (Monias benschi)
Common Jery (Neomixis tenella)
Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris)
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) -Rufous Morph Adult Male
Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
Lesser Vasa-Parrot (Mascarinus niger)
Rhytidophloeus Weevil (Rhytidophloeus rothschildi)
Crested Coua (Coua cristata)
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti)
White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus)
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis)
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Deadly Spider
Deadly Scorpion
Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)
Warty Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus)
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)
Madagascar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis)
Common Big-eyed Snake (Mimophis mahfalensis)
Long-tailed Ground-Roller (Uratelornis chimaera)
Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
Subdesert Mesite (Monias benschi) - Male
Gold-spotted Mabuya (Trachylepis aureopunctata)
Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea) - Nymph
Chremistica Cicada (Chremistica ssp)
Madagascar Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
Gray-headed Lovebird (Agapornis canus)
Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
Thamnornis(Thamnornis chloropetoides)
Lafresnaye's Vanga (Xenopirostris xenopirostris)
Three-eyed Lizard (Chalarodon madagascariensis)
Standing's Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata)
Subdesert Mesite (Monias benschi)
Common Jery (Neomixis tenella)
Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris)
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) -Rufous Morph Adult Male
Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
Lesser Vasa-Parrot (Mascarinus niger)
Rhytidophloeus Weevil (Rhytidophloeus rothschildi)
Crested Coua (Coua cristata)
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus)
Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti)
White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus)
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis)
Ifaty is a beachy area with blue water and a few baobob trees here and there.
Visits
- 2017-11-01: We went on a hike into a baobob forest where the trees are quite cool in a dry forest type of habitat.
- 2017-11-02: We went back into the forest to look for missed species. Special shout-out to the Flatid Leaf Bug which has incredible camouflage in both nymph and adult stages.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (69 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(4 records)
Class: Insects
(4 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Weevils
- Rhytidophloeus Weevil (Rhytidophloeus rothschildi)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Oriental, American, and other cockroaches
- Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
- Order: True Bugs
(2 records)
- Family: Cicadas
- Chremistica Cicada (Chremistica ssp)
- Family: Flatidae
- Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea)
Phylum: Chordates
(65 records)
Class: Birds
(57 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Madagascar Hoopoe (Upupa marginata)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
- Order: Cuckoos
(4 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Running Coua (Coua cursor)
- Crested Coua (Coua cristata)
- Olive-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Madagascar Swift (Apus balstoni)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)
- Family: Ground-Rollers
- Long-tailed Ground-Roller (Uratelornis chimaera)
- Order: Mesites
(1 record)
- Family: Mesites
- Subdesert Mesite (Monias benschi)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Lesser Vasa-Parrot (Coracopsis nigra)
- Gray-headed Lovebird (Agapornis canus)
- Order: Pelicans
(8 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Madagascar Kestrel (Falco newtoni)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Order: Perching Birds
(23 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Madagascar Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus)
- Family: Drongos
- Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris)
- Lafresnaye's Vanga (Xenopirostris xenopirostris)
- Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata)
- Chabert's Vanga (Leptopterus chabert)
- Family: Larks
- Madagascar Lark (Eremopterix hova)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava)
- Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Thamnornis (Thamnornis chloropetoides)
- Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)
- Common Jery (Neomixis tenella)
- Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- Subdesert Brush-Warbler (Nesillas lantzii)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis)
- Family: Vangas
- Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Buttonquail
- Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Madagascar Plover (Anarhynchus thoracicus)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
- White-fronted Plover (Anarhynchus marginatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Hedgehog
(1 record)
- Family: Tenrecidae
- Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Cheirogaleidae
- Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus)
Class: Reptiles
(6 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(6 records)
- Family: Chameleons
- Warty Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus)
- Family: Geckos
- Standing's Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
- Family: Skinks
- Gold-spotted Mabuya (Trachylepis aureopunctata)
- Family: Snakes
- Common Big-eyed Snake (Mimophis mahfalensis)
- Family: Three-eyed Lizard
- Merrem's Madagascar Swift (Oplurus cyclurus)
- Three-eyed Lizard (Chalarodon madagascariensis)