Birds of Madagascar
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Endemic birds of Madagascar
| Scientific name | English name | Malagasy name |
| Family Grebes (Podicipedidae) | ||
| Tachybaptus pelzelnii | Madagascar grebe or Madagascar little grebe | Vivy |
| Tachybaptus rufolavatus | Alaotra grebe | |
| Family Herons (Ardeidae) | ||
| Ardeola idae | Madagascar pond-heron | Malemylava |
| Ardea humbloti | Madagascar heron or Humblot’s heron | |
| Family Ibises, Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) | ||
| Lophotibis cristata | Madagascar crested ibis | Lampirana / Akohonala |
| Family Ducks, Geese, Swans (Anatidae) | ||
| Anas bernieri | Madagascar teal | |
| Anas melleri | Meller's duck | |
| Aythya innotata | Madagascar pochard | |
| Family Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae) | ||
| Aviceda madagascariensis | Madagascar cuckoo-hawk or Madagascar cuckoo-falcon | Bobaka |
| Haliaeetus vociferoides | Madagascar fish eagle | Ankoy |
| Eutriorchis astur | Madagascar serpent-eagle | Firasabe |
| Polyboroides radiatus | Madagascar harrier-hawk | Fihiaky |
| Circus maillardi | Réunion harrier or Réunion marsh-harrier | Fitsindraky / Fanindry |
| Accipiter henstii | Henst's goshawk | Fandrasabe / Firasabe |
| Accipiter madagascariensis | Madagascar sparrowhawk | Firasa |
| Accipiter francesiae | Frances's sparrowhawk or Madagascar goshawk | Fihiaky |
| Buteo brachypterus | Madagascar buzzard | Bobaky / Hindry / Beririnina |
| Family Falcons, Caracaras (Falconidae) | ||
| Falco newtoni | Madagascar kestrel | Hitikitiky / Hitsikitsika |
| Falco zoniventris | Banded kestrel | Hitsikitsikala |
| Family Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse (Phasianidae) | ||
| Margaroperdix madagarensis | Madagascar partridge | Traotrao |
| Family Mesites (Mesitornithidae) | ||
| Mesitornis variegatus or Mesitornis variegata | White-breasted mesite | |
| Mesitornis unicolor | Brown mesite | Roa telo / Voronantambo |
| Monias benschi | Subdesert mesite | |
| Family Buttonquails (Turnicidae) | ||
| Turnix nigricollis | Madagascar buttonquail | Kibo / Kibobo |
| Family Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Rallidae) | ||
| Rallus madagascariensis | Madagascar rail | |
| Dryolimnas cuvieri | White-throated rail | Tsikoza |
| Canirallus kioloides or Mentocrex kioloides | Madagascar wood-rail | Vorotrandraka |
| Sarothrura insularis | Madagascar flufftail | |
| Sarothrura watersi | Slender-billed flufftail | |
| Amaurornis olivieri or Zapornia olivieri | Sakalava rail | |
| Family Jacanas (Jacanidae) | ||
| Actophilornis albinucha | Madagascar jacana | |
| Family Coursers, Pratincoles (Glareolidae) | ||
| Glareola ocularis | Madagascar pratincole | |
| Family Plovers (Charadriidae) | ||
| Charadrius thoracicus | Madagascar plover or Black-banded Plover | |
| Family Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) | ||
| Gallinago macrodactyla | Madagascar snipe | |
| Family Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae) | ||
| Pterocles personatus | Madagascar sandgrouse | Hatrakatraky / Katakatra |
| Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae) | ||
| Nesoenas picturatus or Streptopelia picturata | Madagascar turtle-dove | Domohina |
| Treron australis | Madagascar green pigeon | Voron'adabo / Voronadabo / Voronadabo-Fonimaitso |
| Alectroenas madagascariensis | Madagascar blue pigeon | Finengo maitso |
| Family Parrots (Psittacidae) | ||
| Coracopsis vasa | Greater vasa parrot | Boeza be / Sihotsy / Bolokibe |
| Coracopsis nigra | Lesser vasa parrot or Black parrot | Boeza kely / Sihotsy / Bolokikely |
| Agapornis canus | Grey-headed lovebird | Kitrehoky / Karaoke-Sarivazo |
| Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae) | ||
| Coua delalandei | Snail-eating coua | |
| Coua gigas | Giant coua | Aliotsy / Lejabe-Angojobe |
| Coua coquereli | Coquerel's coua | Gory / Fandikalalana |
| Coua serriana | Red-breasted coua | |
| Coua reynaudii | Red-fronted coua or Reynaud's coua | |
| Coua cursor | Running coua | |
| Coua ruficeps | Red-capped coua | Aliotse-Akoky |
| Coua cristata | Crested coua | Tokambolo / Tivoky |
| Coua verreauxi | Verreaux's coua | |
| Coua caerulea | Blue coua | Mariaha / Mariha |
| Cuculus rochii | Madagascar cuckoo or Madagascar lesser cuckoo | Taotaokafa / Kônko na Taontaonkafa / Taotaonkafa |
| Centropus toulou | Madagascar coucal | Toloho / Toloho na monjo |
| Family Barn-owls (Tytonidae) | ||
| Tyto soumagnei | Madagascar red owl | |
| Family Typical Owls (Strigidae) | ||
| Otus rutilus | Madagascar scops-owl or Rainforest scops-owl | Torotoroky / Torotoroka |
| Athene superciliaris formerly Ninox superciliaris | White-browed hawk-owl or White-browed owl | Tovotovoky / Tovotovoka |
| Asio madagascariensis | Madagascar long-eared owl | Hankagna / Hankà |
| Family Nightjars (Caprimulgidae) | ||
| Caprimulgus madagascariensis | Madagascar nightjar | Tataro / Matoriandro |
| Gactornis enarratus or Caprimulgus enarratus | Collared nightjar | Tataroala (fotsifotsy vozona) |
| Family Swifts (Apodidae) | ||
| Zoonavena grandidieri | Madagascar spinetail | Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina |
| Family Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) | ||
| Corythornis vintsioides or Alcedo Vintsioides | Madagascar kingfisher or Madagascar malachite kingfisher | Litotsy / Vintsy / Vintsirano |
| Corythornis madagascariensis | Madagascar pygmy-kingfisher | Vintsiala (mena) |
| Family Ground-rollers (Brachypteraciidae) | ||
| Brachypteracias leptosomus | Short-legged ground-roller | Fangadiovy / Fandikalalana / Famakiakora |
| Brachypteracias squamigera now Geobiastes squamiger | Scaly ground-roller | |
| Atelornis pittoides | Pitta-like ground-roller | |
| Atelornis crossleyi | Rufous-headed ground-roller | |
| Uratelornis chimaera | Long-tailed ground-roller | |
| Family Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomidae) | ||
| Leptosomus discolor | Cuckoo-roller | Kirombo / Vorondreo |
| Family Asities (Philepittidae) | ||
| Philepitta castanea | Velvet asity | |
| Philepitta schlegeli | Schlegel's asity | Asity |
| Neodrepanis coruscans | Sunbird asity or Common Sunbird-asity | Soinala |
| Neodrepanis hypoxantha | Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity | Soinala |
| Family Larks (Alaudidae) | ||
| Mirafra hova | Madagascar lark or Madagascar bushlark | Boria / Soretry / Sorohitra |
| Family Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae) | ||
| Phedina borbonica | Mascarene martin | Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina |
| Family Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae) | ||
| Motacilla flaviventris | Madagascar wagtail | Triotrio / Kitriotrio |
| Family Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae) | ||
| Coracina cinerea now Ceblepyris cinereus | Madagascar cuckoo-shrike | Vorondavenoky / Vorondavenona |
| Family Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) | ||
| Bernieria madagascariensis or Phyllastrephus madagascariensis | Long-billed bernieria or Common tetraka, formerly Long-billed greenbul | Tretreky |
| Xanthomixis zosterops or Phyllastrephus zosterops | Short-billed greenbul or Spectacled tetraka | |
| Xanthomixis apperti or Phyllastrephus apperti | Appert’s greenbul or Appert's tetraka | |
| Xanthomixis tenebrosus or Phyllastrephus tenebrosus | Dusky greenbul or Dusky tetraka | |
| Xanthomixis cinereiceps or Phyllastrephus cinereiceps | Grey-crowned greenbul or Grey-crowned tetraka | |
| Hypsipetes madagascariensis | Madagascar bulbul or Madagascar black bulbul | Menasony / Tsokoreva / Tsikorovana |
| Family Vangas (Vangidae) | ||
| Tylas eduardi | Tylas vanga | |
| Calicalicus madagascariensis | Red-tailed vanga | Totokarasoroka |
| Schetba rufa | Rufous vanga | Paopaobava |
| Vanga curvirostris | Hook-billed vanga | Bekapoaky / Vangasoratra |
| Xenopirostris xenopirostris | Lafresnaye's vanga | |
| Xenopirostris damii | Van Dam's vanga | Vanga |
| Xenopirostris polleni | Pollen's vanga | Vangamaintiloha |
| Falculea palliata | Sickle-billed vanga | Voronjaza (lava sogny) |
| Leptopterus chabert | Chabert's vanga | Fotsytretraky / Patsatsatra |
| Artamella viridis or Leptopterus viridis | White-headed vanga | Vorondaja / Vanga / Voromasiaka |
| Cyanolanius madagascarinus or Leptopterus madagascarinus | Blue vanga | Patsatsatrala |
| Oriolia bernieri | Bernier's vanga | |
| Euryceros prevostii | Helmet vanga or Helmet bird | Siketribe |
| Hypositta corallirostris | Coral-billed nuthatch vanga or Nuthatch vanga | Sakodidy |
| Family Thrushes (Turdidae) | ||
| Copsychus albospecularis | Madagascar magpie-robin | Fitatsy / Fitatrala |
| Monticola imerinus | Littoral rock-thrush | |
| Monticola bensoni | Benson's rock-thrush | |
| Monticola sharpei | Forest rock-thrush | Androbaka |
| Family Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae) | ||
| Neomixis tenella | Common jery | Kininitsy / Jijy |
| Neomixis viridis | Green jery | |
| Neomixis striatigula | Stripe-throated jery | Kininitsy |
| Hartertula flavoviridis | Wedge-tailed jery | |
| Cisticola cherina | Madagascar cisticola | Tity / Tsintsina |
| Family Old World Warblers (Sylviidae) | ||
| Oxylabes madagascariensis | White-throated oxylabes | |
| Acrocephalus newtoni | Madagascar swamp-warbler | Vorombatra |
| Crossleyia xanthophrys | Madagascar yellowbrow | |
| Nesillas typica | Madagascar brush-warbler | Vorombaratra / Boretika / Poretaka |
| Thamnornis chloropetoides | Thamnornis warbler or Kiritika | |
| Dromaeocercus brunneus | Brown emu-tail | |
| Amphilais seebohmi or Dromaeocercus seebohmi | Grey emu-tail or Madagascan grassbird | |
| Randia pseudozosterops | Rand's warbler | |
| Newtonia amphichroa | Dark newtonia | |
| Newtonia brunneicauda | Common newtonia | Katekateky / Tretreka |
| Newtonia archboldi | Archbold's newtonia | |
| Newtonia fanovanae | Red-tailed newtonia | Mitovy sabiro nefa menamena |
| Family Babblers (Timaliidae) | ||
| Mystacornis crossleyi | Crossley’s babbler or Madagascar groundhunter | |
| Family Batises and Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae) | ||
| Pseudobias wardi | Ward’s flycatcher or Ward's shrike-flycatcher | |
| Family Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae) | ||
| Terpsiphone mutata | Madagascar paradise-flycatcher | Soketry / Tsingitry |
| Family Sunbirds (Nectariniidae) | ||
| Cinnyris souimanga or Nectarinia souimanga | Souimanga sunbird | Sobita / Soy / Soimangakely |
| Cinnyris notatus or Nectarinia notata | Long-billed green sunbird or Madagascar green sunbird | Soimanga / Siangavola / Soimangabe |
| Family White-eyes (Zosteropidae) | ||
| Zosterops maderaspatanus | Malagasy white-eye or Madagascar white-eye | Tsiparimaso / Sabiro / Fotsimaso |
| Family Waxbills (Estrildidae) | ||
| Lepidopygia nana or Lonchura nana | Madagascar mannikin or Madagascar bibfinch | Tsipiny / Tsangoritry / Tsikirity |
| Family Weavers (Ploceidae) | ||
| Ploceus nelicourvi | Nelicourvi weaver | Fodisaina misy maitso |
| Ploceus sakalava | Sakalava weaver or Sakalava fody | Fody fondrana mena maso |
| Foudia madagascariensis | Madagascar red fody or Red fody | Fody / Fodimena |
| Foudia omissa | Forest fody | Fodiala |
| Family Starlings (Sturnidae) | ||
| Hartlaubius auratus or Saroglossa auratus | Madagascar starling | Vorontainomby |
| Family Drongos (Dicruridae) | ||
| Dicrurus forficatus | Crested drongo | Ndovy / Railovy na Lehidraonga |
Non-endemic birds of Madagascar
| Scientific name | English name | Malagasy name |
| Family Grebes (Podicipedidae) | ||
| Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little grebe | Vivy |
| Family Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) | ||
| Thalassarche melanophris or Diomedea melanophris | Black-browed albatross | |
| Family Petrels, Shearwaters (Procellariidae) | ||
| Macronectes giganteus | Southern giant petrel | |
| Pachyptila vittata | Broad-billed prion | |
| Puffinus pacificus | Wedge-tailed shearwater | |
| Family Southern Storm-petrels (Oceanitidae) | ||
| Oceanites oceanicus | Wilson’s storm-petrel | |
| Fregetta tropica | Black-bellied storm-petrel | |
| Family Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae) | ||
| Phaethon aethereus | Red-billed tropicbird | |
| Phaethon rubricauda | Red-tailed tropicbird | |
| Phaethon lepturus | White-tailed tropicbird or Yellow-billed tropicbird | |
| Family Pelicans (Pelecanidae) | ||
| Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed pelican | |
| Family Gannets, Boobies (Sulidae) | ||
| Sula sula | Red-footed booby | |
| Sula leucogaster | Brown booby | |
| Family Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae) | ||
| Microcarbo africanus | Long-tailed cormorant or Reed cormorant | Barafilo |
| Family Darters (Anhingidae) | ||
| Anhinga rufa | African darter | |
| Family Frigatebirds (Fregatidae) | ||
| Fregata minor | Great frigatebird | |
| Fregata ariel | Lesser frigatebird | |
| Family Herons (Ardeidae) | ||
| Ixobrychus minutus | Common little bittern | |
| Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned night-heron | |
| Butorides striatus | Green-backed heron | Vorompantsika |
| Ardeola ralloides | Squacco heron | Malemylava |
| Egretta ardesiaca or Hydranassa ardesiaca | Black heron | Lombokomana |
| Egretta gularis | Western reef-egret | |
| Egretta garzetta | Little egret | |
| Ardea alba | Great white egret | |
| Ardea purpurea | Purple heron | Dangoro / Vanomena |
| Ardea cinerea | Grey heron | Vanokasira |
| Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed heron | |
| Ardea goliath | Goliath heron | |
| Family Hamerkop (Scopidae) | ||
| Scopus umbretta | Hamerkop | Takatra |
| Family Storks (Ciconiidae) | ||
| Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed stork | |
| Anastomus lamelligerus | African openbill or African openbill stork | |
| Family Ibises, Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) | ||
| Threskiornis aethiopicus | African sacred ibis | |
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy ibis | |
| Platalea alba | African spoonbill | |
| Family Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) | ||
| Phoenicopterus ruber | American flamingo or Caribbean flamingo | |
| Phoeniconaias minor | Lesser flamingo | |
| Family Ducks, Geese, Swans (Anatidae) | ||
| Dendrocygna bicolor | Fulvous whistling duck | |
| Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced whistling duck | Vivy / Tsiriry |
| Sarkidiornis melanotos | Knob-billed duck or African Comb Duck | Angongo / Tsivongo-Arosy |
| Nettapus auritus | African pygmy-goose | |
| Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed teal | Sadaelatsy |
| Anas hottentota or Spatula hottentota | Hottentot teal | |
| Thalassornis leuconotus | White-backed duck | |
| Family Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae) | ||
| Macheiramphus alcinus | Bat hawk | Hila |
| Milvus migrans | Black kite | Tsimalaho |
| Family Falcons, Caracaras (Falconidae) | ||
| Falco eleonorae | Eleonora's falcon | Firasambalala |
| Falco concolor | Sooty falcon | Firasambalala |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine falcon | |
| Family Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse (Phasianidae) | ||
| Coturnix coturnix | Common quail | |
| Coturnix delegorguei | Harlequin quail | Kibonaomby |
| Family Guineafowl (Numididae) | ||
| Numida meleagris | Helmeted guineafowl | Akanga |
| Family Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Rallidae) | ||
| Zapornia pusilla formerly Porzana pusilla | Baillon's crake | |
| Gallinula chloropus | Common moorhen | Akohondrano |
| Porphyrio madagascariensis | African swamphen | |
| Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed coot | |
| Family Painted-snipes (Rostratulidae) | ||
| Rostratula benghalensis | Greater painted-snipe | |
| Family Crab-plover (Dromadidae) | ||
| Dromas ardeola | Crab-plover | |
| Family Avocets, Stilts (Recurvirostridae) | ||
| Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged stilt | Takapaly |
| Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied avocet | |
| Family Plovers (Charadriidae) | ||
| Pluvialis dominica | Americangolden plover | |
| Pluvialis squatarola | Grey plover | |
| Charadrius hiaticula | Common ringed plover | Vikiviky |
| Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz’s plover | |
| Charadrius tricollaris | African three-banded plover | Kalipa / Vikiviky |
| Charadrius marginatus | White-fronted plover | |
| Charadrius mongolus | Lesser sand plover | |
| Charadrius leschenaultii | Greater sand plover | |
| Family Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) | ||
| Limosa limosa | Black-tailed godwit | |
| Limosa lapponica | Bar-tailed godwit | |
| Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel | |
| Numenius arquata | Eurasian curlew | |
| Tringa stagnatilis | Marsh sandpiper | |
| Tringa nebularia | Common greenshank | Sakalo |
| Tringa ochropus | Green sandpiper | |
| Tringa glareola | Wood sandpiper | |
| Xenus cinereus | Terek sandpiper | |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common sandpiper | Bohaky / Vikiviky |
| Arenaria interpres | Ruddy turnstone | |
| Calidris alba | Sanderling | |
| Calidris minuta | Little stint | |
| Calidris alpina | Dunlin | |
| Calidris ferruginea | Curlew sandpiper | |
| Calidris pugnax or Philomachus pugnax" | Ruff | |
| Family Skuas (Stercorariidae) | ||
| Catharacta skua | Great skua | |
| Stercorarius parasiticus | Arctic Jaeger or Parasitic Jaeger | |
| Family Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae) | ||
| Larus dominicanus | Kelp gull | |
| Larus cirrocephalus | Grey-headed gull | |
| Larus novaehollandiae | Silver gull | |
| Gelochelidon nilotica | Common gull-billed tern | |
| Hydroprogne caspia | Caspian tern | |
| Chlidonias hybrida | Whiskered tern | |
| Chlidonias leucopterus | White-winged tern | |
| Sterna hirundo | Common tern | |
| Sterna dougallii | Roseate tern | |
| Onychoprion anaethetus or Sterna anaethetus | Bridled tern | |
| Onychoprion fuscatus or Sterna fuscata | Sooty tern | |
| Sterna saundersi | Saunders's tern | |
| Thalasseus bengalensis or Sterna bengalensis | Lesser crested tern | |
| Thalasseus bergii | Greater crested tern | |
| Anous stolidus | Brown noddy or Common noddy | |
| Anous tenuirostris | Lesser noddy | |
| Gygis alba | Common white tern | |
| Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae) | ||
| Oena capensis | Namaqua dove or Long-tailed dove | Tsakatoto / Katoto |
| Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae) | ||
| Pachycoccyx audeberti | Thick-billed cuckoo | |
| Family Barn-owls (Tytonidae) | ||
| Tyto alba | Common barn-owl | Vorondolo |
| Family Typical Owls (Strigidae) | ||
| Asio capensis | Marsh owl | Hanka or Vorondolo |
| Family Swifts (Apodidae) | ||
| Cypsiurus parvus | African palm swift | Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina |
| Tachymarptis melba formerly Apus melba | Alpine swift | Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina |
| Apus barbatus | African black swift | Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina |
| Family Bee-eaters (Meropidae) | ||
| Merops superciliosus | Olive bee-eater or Madagascar bee-eater | Kiriokirioky / Kirikioka / Tsikorinkorehina |
| Family Rollers (Coraciidae) | ||
| Eurystomus glaucurus | Broad-billed roller | Tsararahaky / Tsararako / Vorombaratra |
| Family Hoopoes (Upupidae) | ||
| Upupa epops | Common Hoopoe | Tsakodara |
| Family Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae) | ||
| Riparia paludicola | Brown-throated martin or Plain martin | |
| Riparia riparia | Collared sand martin | |
| Hirundo rustica | Barn swallow | |
| Family Thrushes (Turdidae) | ||
| Saxicola torquatus | Common stonechat or Collared stonechat | Fitadroranga |
| Family Starlings (Sturnidae) | ||
| Acridotheres tristis | Common myna | |
| Family Crows (Corvidae) | ||
| Corvus albus | Pied crow | Gaga / Goaka / Goaika |
 Unidentified eagle in Tsaratanana |
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