Site Report: Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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
Malagasy 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 Vanga (Pseudobias wardi)
Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) - Female
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
Common Sunbird-Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
Malagasy 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
Malagasy 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 Vanga (Pseudobias wardi)
Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) - Female
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
Common Sunbird-Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans)
Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
Malagasy 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 Forest 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
- Madagascar Blue-Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
- Malagasy Turtle-Dove (Nesoenas picturatus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
- Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
- 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
- Malagasy Kestrel (Falco newtoni)
- Family: Herons
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Order: Perching Birds (39 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Gray-crowned Tetraka (Xanthomixis cinereiceps)
- Long-billed Bernieria (Bernieria madagascariensis)
- Malagasy Bulbul (Hypsipetes madagascariensis)
- Spectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosterops)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus)
- Family: Drongos
- Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Chabert Vanga (Leptopterus chabert)
- Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris)
- Madagascar Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
- Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni)
- Tylas Vanga (Tylas eduardi)
- Ward's Vanga (Pseudobias wardi)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Madagascar Munia (Lepidopygia nana)
- Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
- Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
- Green Jery (Neomixis viridis)
- Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
- Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
- Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
- Wedge-tailed Jery (Hartertula flavoviridis)
- White-throated Oxylabes (Oxylabes madagascariensis)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Madagascar Cisticola (Cisticola cherina)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- Malagasy Brush-Warbler (Nesillas typica)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Madagascar Starling (Hartlaubius auratus)
- 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
- Malagasy White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Primates
(5 records)
- Family: Cheirogaleidae
- Brown Mouse Lemur (Microcebus rufus)
- Family: Lemuridae
- Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
- Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
- 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
- Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
- Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
- Family: Plated Lizards
- Bronze Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus aeneus)