Site Report: Marojejy National Park
Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)
Red-legged Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus rufipes)
Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Marojejy Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia griveaudi)
Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
White-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur albifrons)
Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
Madagascar Orb Weaver Spider (Nephila inaurata)
Madagascar Blue-Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
Giant Millipede (Sechelleptus sp)
White-headed Vanga (Artamella viridis)
Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
Long-billed Bernieria (Bernieria madagascariensis)
Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) - Female
Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga)
Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Madagascar Giant Spider (Nephilingis livida)
White-headed Vanga (Artamella viridis) - Female
Red-fronted Coua (Coua reynaudii)
Madagascar Frog (Gephyromantis granulatus)
Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
Malagasy Spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri)
Four-striped Snake (Dromicodryas quadrilineatus)
Cryptic Warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi)
Marojejy Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilo delalandei)
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Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)
Red-legged Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus rufipes)
Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Marojejy Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia griveaudi)
Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
White-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur albifrons)
Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
Madagascar Orb Weaver Spider (Nephila inaurata)
Madagascar Blue-Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
Giant Millipede (Sechelleptus sp)
White-headed Vanga (Artamella viridis)
Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
Long-billed Bernieria (Bernieria madagascariensis)
Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi) - Female
Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga)
Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Madagascar Giant Spider (Nephilingis livida)
White-headed Vanga (Artamella viridis) - Female
Red-fronted Coua (Coua reynaudii)
Madagascar Frog (Gephyromantis granulatus)
Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
Malagasy Spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri)
Four-striped Snake (Dromicodryas quadrilineatus)
Cryptic Warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi)
Marojejy Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilo delalandei)
Marojejy Nature Reserve is a small forested mountain range. It is the home of the Silky Sifaka.
Visits
- 2017-11-09: After an early flight to Sambava, we were off to the wilderness with some rum that I bought in Shop Rite. The rum bottle was lined with dried banana leaves. It was quite hot by the time we started hiking, but we managed to make it to camp one next to a river.
- 2017-11-10:
- 2017-11-11: We hiked up to camp two to spend the next night and to look for the Silky Sifakas which are mostly extinct. The guide was able to find them easily, in the national parks, the lemurs are not afraid of people. On the other hand, I did not see lemurs outside of protected areas. The hike to the Sifakas was a killer, and both my knees were about to fall off on the way down.
- 2017-11-12: I convinced Barbara to come and see the Sifakas this time before heading back to camp one for the night. I asked the guide to show us a frog instead of a night walk, and he obliged by catching a live frog and putting it on the dinner table.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (43 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(5 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Spiders
(2 records)
- Family: Golden Orbweavers
- Madagascar Giant Spider (Nephilingis livida)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Redleg Orbweaver (Trichonephila inaurata)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Marojejy Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio delalandei)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Flatidae
- Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea)
Class: Millipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Cylindrical Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Flatplate Millipedes
- Giant Millipede (Sechelleptus ssp)
Phylum: Chordates
(38 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Mantellidae
- Madagascar Frog (Gephyromantis granulatus)
Class: Birds
(29 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Madagascar Blue-Pigeon (Alectroenas madagascariensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
- Family: Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- White-browed Owl (Athene superciliaris)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Lesser Vasa-Parrot (Coracopsis nigra)
- Greater Vasa-Parrot (Coracopsis vasa)
- Order: Perching Birds (16 records)
- Family: Drongos
- Crested Drongo (Dicrurus forficatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Ward's Flycatcher (Pseudobias wardi)
- White-headed Vanga (Artamella viridis)
- Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
- Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
- Family: Malagasy Warblers
- Cryptic Warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Souimanga Sunbird (Cinnyris sovimanga)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis)
- Family: Vangas
- Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
- Family: White-eyes
- Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Primates (3 records)
- Family: Lepilemuridae
- Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
Class: Reptiles
(5 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (5 records)
- Family: Geckos
- Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
- Family: Lamprophiidae
- Four-striped Snake (Dromicodryas quadrilineatus)
- Family: Plated Lizards
- Red-legged Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus rufipes)