Site Report: Isalo National Park
Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
Rainbow Milkweed Locust (Phymateus saxosus)
Merrem's Madagascar Swift (Oplurus cyclurus)
Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei) - Male
Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus)
Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei) - Female
Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) - Mobbed by Kestrel
Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
Dumeril's Madagascar swift (Oplurus quadrimaculatus)
Giant Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer major)
Madagascar Partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis) - Male
Madagascar Harrier (Circus macrosceles) - Male
Madagascar Partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis) - Female
Madagascar Harrier (Circus macrosceles) - Female
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Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
Rainbow Milkweed Locust (Phymateus saxosus)
Merrem's Madagascar Swift (Oplurus cyclurus)
Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei) - Male
Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus)
Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei) - Female
Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus) - Mobbed by Kestrel
Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
Dumeril's Madagascar swift (Oplurus quadrimaculatus)
Giant Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer major)
Madagascar Partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis) - Male
Madagascar Harrier (Circus macrosceles) - Male
Madagascar Partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis) - Female
Madagascar Harrier (Circus macrosceles) - Female
Park featuring slot canyons of lush vegetation surrounded by dry plateaus.
Visits
- 2017-11-03: After a long day of driving, we arrived at Isalo for our first pizza of the trip. Spent some time looking for, and not finding, the Madagascar Partridge after.
- 2017-11-04: We headed over to the national park where we took a walk through some canyons climbing to an overlook. We walked back down to the canyons to swim in some very cold and clear water. Lemurs were on the attack in the picnic area, and some tourists could not resist feeding them.
- 2017-11-05:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (34 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Gaudy Grasshoppers
- Rainbow Milkweed Locust (Phymateus saxosus)
Phylum: Chordates
(33 records)
Class: Birds
(25 records)
- Order: Cuckoo-Rollers
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoo-Rollers
- Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomus discolor)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Malagasy Turtle-Dove (Nesoenas picturatus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Madagascar Harrier (Circus macrosceles)
- Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)
- Family: Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Madagascar Kestrel (Falco newtoni)
- Order: Perching Birds
(9 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Madagascar Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
- Family: Drongos
- Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Larks
- Madagascar Lark (Eremopterix hova)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Madagascar Munia (Lepidopygia nana)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Buttonquail
- Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Madagascar Partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Primates (3 records)
- Family: Lepilemuridae
- Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Class: Reptiles
(5 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (5 records)
- Family: Skinks
- Gold-spotted Mabuya (Trachylepis aureopunctata)
- Family: Three-eyed Lizard
- Merrem's Madagascar Swift (Oplurus cyclurus)
- Dumeril's Madagascar swift (Oplurus quadrimaculatus)