Trip Report: Madagascar (2017-10-30 - 2017-11-23)
Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea)
Deadly Spider
Deadly Scorpion
Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
Red-veined Swallowtail (Graphium cyrnus)
Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne)
Madagascar Ground Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
Schlegel's Asity (Philepitta schlegeli)
Cuckoo-roller (Leptosomus discolor)
Marbled Rain Frog (Scaphiophryne marmorata)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Collared Nightjar (Gactornis enarratus)
Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma kochi)
Indri (Indri indri)
Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
Zombiste Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur hubbardorum)
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
Madagascar Grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii)
Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis)
Cuvier's Madagascar Swift Lizard (Oplurus cuvieri)
Short-legged Ground-Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus)
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
Western Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus laticaudatus)
Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)
Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne)
Madagascar Brown Tree Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
Malagasy White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Gunther's Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus guentheri)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
Running Coua (Coua cursor)
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Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea)
Deadly Spider
Deadly Scorpion
Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
Red-veined Swallowtail (Graphium cyrnus)
Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne)
Madagascar Ground Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis)
Schlegel's Asity (Philepitta schlegeli)
Cuckoo-roller (Leptosomus discolor)
Marbled Rain Frog (Scaphiophryne marmorata)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Collared Nightjar (Gactornis enarratus)
Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma kochi)
Indri (Indri indri)
Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
Zombiste Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur hubbardorum)
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
Madagascar Grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii)
Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis)
Cuvier's Madagascar Swift Lizard (Oplurus cuvieri)
Short-legged Ground-Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus)
Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
Western Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus laticaudatus)
Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata)
Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)
Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne)
Madagascar Brown Tree Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
Malagasy White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Gunther's Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus guentheri)
Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
Running Coua (Coua cursor)
Madagascar is literally the furthest place (on land) from San Francisco on the entire Earth, so of course, I had to go there.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (271 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(20 records)
Class: Arachnids
(4 records)
- Order: Scorpions
(1 record)
- Family: Arrowbreasted Scorpions
- Madagascar Scorpion (Grosphus voahangyae)
- Order: Spiders
(3 records)
- Family: Golden Orbweavers
- Madagascar Giant Spider (Nephilingis livida)
Class: Insects
(14 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Weevils
- Rhytidophloeus Weevil (Rhytidophloeus rothschildi)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(7 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Brilliant Blue (Junonia rhadama)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Madagascar Moon Moth (Argema mittrei)
- Suraka Silk Moth (Antheraea suraka)
- Family: Milkweed Butterflies
- Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Ankarafantsika Sphinx Moth (Dargeclanis grandidieri)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Marojejy Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio delalandei)
- Red-veined Swallowtail (Graphium cyrnus)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Household Cockroaches
- Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(2 records)
- Family: Gaudy Grasshoppers
- Rainbow Milkweed Locust (Phymateus saxosus)
- Family: Katydid
- Long-antennaed Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
- Order: Stick Insects
(1 record)
- Family: Anisacanthidae
- Madagascar Walking Stick (Leiophasma sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(2 records)
- Family: Cicadas
- Chremistica Cicada (Chremistica sp)
- Family: Flatidae
- Madagascan Flatid Leaf Bug (Phromnia rosea)
Class: Millipedes
(2 records)
- Order: Cylindrical Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Flatplate Millipedes
- Giant Millipede (Sechelleptus sp)
- Order: Iron Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Round-backed Millipedes
- Andisibe Giant Pill Millipede (Aphistogoniulus sakalava)
Phylum: Chordates
(250 records)
Class: Amphibians
(7 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(7 records)
- Family: Grassland Frogs
- Mascarene Ridged Frog (Ptychadena mascareniensis)
- Family: Mantellidae
- Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis)
- Madagascar Brown Tree Frog (Boophis madagascariensis)
- Madagascar Frog (Gephyromantis granulatus)
- Madagascar Jumping Frog (Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis)
- Family: Narrowmouth Toads
- Antsouhy Tomato Frog (Dyscophus insularis)
- Marbled Rain Frog (Scaphiophryne marmorata)
Class: Birds
(176 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (5 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Madagascar Hoopoe (Upupa marginata)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(7 records)
- Family: Flufftails and Forest Rails
- Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Baillon's Crake (Zapornia pusilla)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Madagascar Forest Rail (Mentocrex kioloides)
- Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis)
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
- Order: Cuckoo-Rollers
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoo-Rollers
- Cuckoo-roller (Leptosomus discolor)
- Order: Cuckoos
(12 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Malagasy Coucal (Centropus toulou)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)
- Coquerel's Coua (Coua coquereli)
- Crested Coua (Coua cristata)
- Giant Coua (Coua gigas)
- Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
- Olive-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps)
- Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
- Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps)
- Red-fronted Coua (Coua reynaudii)
- Running Coua (Coua cursor)
- Verreaux's Coua (Coua verreauxi)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(8 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Frances's Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza francesiae)
- Madagascar Buzzard (Buteo brachypterus)
- Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda madagascariensis)
- Madagascar Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga vociferoides)
- Madagascar Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides radiatus)
- Madagascar Sparrowhawk (Accipiter madagascariensis)
- Malagasy Harrier (Circus macrosceles)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(9 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Olive Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus)
- Family: Ground-Rollers
- Long-tailed Ground-Roller (Uratelornis chimaera)
- Pitta-like Ground-Roller (Atelornis pittoides)
- Rufous-headed Ground-Roller (Atelornis crossleyi)
- Scaly Ground-Roller (Geobiastes squamiger)
- Short-legged Ground-Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher (Corythornis madagascariensis)
- Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
- Family: Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- Order: Mesites (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(5 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Collared Nightjar (Gactornis enarratus)
- Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Madagascar Owl (Asio madagascariensis)
- Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus)
- White-browed Owl (Athene superciliaris)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(32 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
- Family: Coursers
- Madagascar Pratincole (Glareola ocularis)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Banded Kestrel (Falco zoniventris)
- Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
- Malagasy Kestrel (Falco newtoni)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Madagascar Grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii)
- Family: Hamerkops
- Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Malagasy Pond-Heron (Ardeola idae)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Madagascar Ibis (Lophotibis cristata)
- Malagasy Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis bernieri)
- Family: Jacanas
- Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Madagascar Sandgrouse (Pterocles personatus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla)
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds (66 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Appert's Tetraka (Xanthomixis apperti)
- 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)
- Helmet Vanga (Euryceros prevostii)
- Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris)
- Lafresnaye's Vanga (Xenopirostris xenopirostris)
- Madagascar Blue Vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus)
- Nuthatch-Vanga (Hypositta corallirostris)
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni)
- Rufous Vanga (Schetba rufa)
- Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata)
- Tylas Vanga (Tylas eduardi)
- Van Dam's Vanga (Xenopirostris damii)
- Ward's Vanga (Pseudobias wardi)
- White-headed Vanga (Artamella viridis)
- Family: Larks
- Madagascar Lark (Eremopterix hova)
- Family: Malagasy Warblers
- Cryptic Warbler (Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Forest Fody (Foudia omissa)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Madagascar Munia (Lepidopygia nana)
- Nelicourvi Weaver (Ploceus nelicourvi)
- Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
- Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Archbold's Newtonia (Newtonia archboldi)
- Brown Emutail (Bradypterus brunneus)
- Common Jery (Neomixis tenella)
- Common Newtonia (Newtonia brunneicauda)
- Dark Newtonia (Newtonia amphichroa)
- Gray Emutail (Bradypterus seebohmi)
- Green Jery (Neomixis viridis)
- Madagascar Swamp Warbler (Acrocephalus newtoni)
- Madagascar Yellowbrow (Crossleyia xanthophrys)
- Rand's Warbler (Randia pseudozosterops)
- Stripe-throated Jery (Neomixis striatigula)
- Thamnornis (Thamnornis chloropetoides)
- 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)
- Subdesert Brush-Warbler (Nesillas lantzii)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Madagascar Starling (Hartlaubius auratus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Madagascar Martin (Riparia cowani)
- Mascarene Martin (Phedina borbonica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Crossley's Vanga (Mystacornis crossleyi)
- Forest Rock-Thrush (Monticola sharpei)
- Madagascar Magpie-Robin (Copsychus albospecularis)
- Family: Vangas
- Red-shouldered Vanga (Calicalicus rufocarpalis)
- Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris)
- Family: White-eyes
- Malagasy White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(14 records)
- Family: Buttonquail
- Madagascar Buttonquail (Turnix nigricollis)
- Family: Crab Plover
- Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
- Saunders's Tern (Sternula saundersi)
- Family: Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- Kittlitz's Plover (Anarhynchus pecuarius)
- Madagascar Plover (Anarhynchus thoracicus)
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- White-fronted Plover (Anarhynchus marginatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei)
- Madagascar Partridge (Margaroperdix madagarensis)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
Class: Mammals
(25 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Rhinonycteridae
- Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat (Hipposideros commersonii)
- Order: Hedgehog
(1 record)
- Family: Tenrecidae
- Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
- Order: Primates (21 records)
- Family: Indridae
- Gmelin's Woolly Lemur (Avahi laniger)
- Indri (Indri indri)
- Family: Lemuridae
- Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
- Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus)
- Eastern Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus)
- Golden Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur aureus)
- Red-bellied Lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
- Red-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur rufifrons)
- Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
- Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)
- White-fronted Brown Lemur (Eulemur albifrons)
- Family: Lepilemuridae
- Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)
- Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema)
- Milne-Edwards Sifaka (Propithecus edwardsi)
- Silky Sifaka (Propithecus candidus)
- Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
- Zombiste Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur hubbardorum)
- Order: Rodents (2 records)
Class: Reptiles
(42 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (41 records)
- Family: Chameleons
- Big-nosed Chameleon (Calumma nasutum)
- Cryptic Chameleon (Calumma Cyrpticum)
- Deceptive Chameleon (Calumma fallax)
- Giant Carpet Chameleon (Furcifer major)
- Glaw's Chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia)
- Marojejy Leaf Chameleon (Brookesia griveaudi)
- Oustalet's Chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti)
- Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)
- Rhinocerous Chameleon (Furcifer rhinoceratus)
- Short-horned Chameleon (Calumma brevicorne)
- Warty Chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus)
- Family: Geckos
- Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
- Gunther's Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus guentheri)
- Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus henkeli)
- House Gecko (Hemidactylus mercatorius)
- Lined Day Gecko (Phelsuma lineata)
- Madagascar Day Gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis)
- Madagascar Giant Day Gecko (Phelsuma kochi)
- Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus sikorae)
- Peacock Day Gecko (Phelsuma quadriocellata)
- Peter's Spotted Fish-scaled Gecko (Geckolepis maculata)
- Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)
- Standing's Day Gecko (Phelsuma standingi)
- Family: Lamprophiidae
- Blonde Hognose Snake (Leioheterodon modestus)
- Forest Water Snake (Thamnosophis infrasignatus)
- Four-striped Snake (Dromicodryas quadrilineatus)
- Giant Madagascan Hognose (Leioheterodon madagascariensis)
- Lateral Water Snake (Thamnosophis lateralis)
- Madagascar Cat-eyed Snake (Madagascarophis colubrinus)
- Madagascar Leaf-nosed Snake (Langaha madagascariensis)
- Family: Plated Lizards
- Bronze Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus aeneus)
- Red-legged Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus rufipes)
- Western Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus laticaudatus)
- Family: Skinks
- Gold-spotted Mabuya (Trachylepis aureopunctata)
- Family: Snakes
- Common Big-eyed Snake (Mimophis mahfalensis)
Phylum: Mullusks
(1 record)
Class: Gastropod
(1 record)
- Order: Snails
(1 record)
- Family: Land Snail
- Madagascar Snail (Helicophanta magnifica)