Site Report: Ranomafana National Park
Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
Madagascar Brown Tree Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Spectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosterops)
Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) - Female with Baby
Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus)
Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) - Male
Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Glaw's Chameleon (Calumma glawi)
Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
Tylas Vanga (Tylas eduardi)
Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) - Male
Pitta-like Ground-Roller (Atelornis pittoides)
Deceptive Chameleon (Calumma fallax)
Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus)
Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea)
Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
Ward's Flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi)
Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) - Female
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
Sunbird Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Yellow-browed Oxylabes (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
Madagascar Sunbird (Cinnyris notatus)
Bronze Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus aeneus)
Green Jery (Neomixis viridis)
Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
Gray-crowned Tetraka (Xanthomixis cinereiceps)
Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
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Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
Madagascar Brown Tree Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Spectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosterops)
Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) - Female with Baby
Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus)
Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi) - Male
Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Glaw's Chameleon (Calumma glawi)
Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
Tylas Vanga (Tylas eduardi)
Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) - Male
Pitta-like Ground-Roller (Atelornis pittoides)
Deceptive Chameleon (Calumma fallax)
Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus)
Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea)
Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
Ward's Flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi)
Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) - Female
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
Sunbird Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Yellow-browed Oxylabes (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
Madagascar Sunbird (Cinnyris notatus)
Bronze Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus aeneus)
Green Jery (Neomixis viridis)
Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
Gray-crowned Tetraka (Xanthomixis cinereiceps)
Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
Ranomafana National Park contains some remnant cloud forest habitat.
Visits
- 2017-11-05: We arrived late in Ranomofana, and went straight to the walking on the road in the rain to look for lizards, snakes, frogs, et al. The guide was very excited for every chameleon and there were a bunch.
- 2017-11-06: We crashed around the woods all day looking for the Brown Mesite but not finding it. Then we bought a late lunch for the entire entourage which cost the same as lunch for one person in San Francisco.
- 2017-11-07: Some more crashing around in the woods looking for the impossible to find birds of Ranomafana.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (69 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(69 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Mantellidae
- Madagascar Brown Tree Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
Class: Birds
(56 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Madagascar Wood-Rail (Mentocrex kioloides)
- White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
- Order: Cuckoo-Rollers
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoo-Rollers
- Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomus discolor)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Malagasy Turtle-Dove (Nesoenas picturatus)
- Madagascar Blue-Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
- Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Malagasy Palm Swift (Cypsiurus gracilis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Greater Vasa-Parrot (Coracopsis vasa)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Madagascar Kestrel (Falco newtoni)
- Family: Herons
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Order: Perching Birds (39 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Long-billed Bernieria (Bernieria madagascariensis)
- Spectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosterops)
- Gray-crowned Tetraka (Xanthomixis cinereiceps)
- Madagascar Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus)
- Family: Drongos
- Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Ward's Flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi)
- Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris)
- Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni)
- Chabert's Vanga (Leptopterus chabert)
- Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
- Tylas Vanga (Tylas eduardi)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
- Madagascar Munia (Lepidopygia nana)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
- Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
- Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
- Green Jery (Neomixis viridis)
- Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
- Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
- White-throated Oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis)
- Yellow-browed Oxylabes (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- Madagascar Brush-Warbler (Nesillas typica)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Madagascar Starling (Hartlaubius auratus)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Swallows
- Madagascar Martin (Riparia cowani)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Crossley's Vanga (Mystacornis crossleyi)
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis)
- Family: Vangas
- Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
- Family: White-eyes
- Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Primates
(5 records)
- Family: Cheirogaleidae
- Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus)
- Family: Lemuridae
- Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
- Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
- Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
- Family: Lepilemuridae
- Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Forest Rat
- Red Forest Rat (Nesomys rufus)
Class: Reptiles
(6 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (6 records)
- Family: Geckos
- Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
- Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
- Family: Plated Lizards
- Bronze Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus aeneus)