Site Report: Sambava

Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Full on Shop Rite hub of Northeast Madagascar.

Visits

2017-11-13: On our way back from Marojejy, we had a stopover in Sambava which I thought was one of the better cities to visit. There was a beach where it was supposedly "too rough to swim", but there were hundreds of people swimming near our hotel. I tried to go in with my snorkel, but the visibility was pour, and then I ended up having to share the snorkel with 7 billion children swimming on the reef.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (3 records)

Phylum: Chordates (3 records)

Class: Birds (3 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Malagasy Palm Swift (Cypsiurus gracilis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)

Lifelists

Trips

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