Site Report: Mahajanga

Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola)

Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)

Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Dark Morph

Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

Madagascar Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis bernieri)










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Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola)

Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)

Greater Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi)

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Dark Morph

Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)

Madagascar Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis bernieri)
Mahajanga is a port city on the estuary of the Betsiboka River
Visits
- 2017-11-21: We were dropped in Mahajanga for the final hurrah. Of all the cities in Madagascar, I think this was the nicest. Our first stop was the post office where we could want them stamp about 20 pieces of paper as part of the ritual of sending one postcard. We walked around looking for a beach, and we did find it. There was even a brand new promenade. After getting yelled at for walking on the overpass, we headed back to our lunchtime drink restaurant to get dinner. There is another promenade where you can hire a car for your toddler to drive around.
- 2017-11-22: After a long and hot boat trip not finding Bernier's Teal, we heading back to the city to get ready for the airport. We asked the guide to take us to the best restaurant, and he took us to the exact beach shack that we had found the day before by chance. There was some swimming in the ocean after that just before we caught our flight back to Tana.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (24 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(24 records)
Class: Birds
(24 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Order: Pelicans (11 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Madagascar Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis bernieri)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Order: Perching Birds
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(9 records)
- Family: Crab Plover
- Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola)