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Native and Naturalized (104)

  1. Rock Pigeon Columba livia
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  2. Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  3. Malagasy Palm Swift Cypsiurus gracilis
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  4. Malagasy Kestrel Falco newtoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  5. Pied Crow Corvus albus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  6. Malagasy Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  7. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  8. Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  9. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
    # Count: 30
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego-Suarez, Madagascar AntsirananaMadagascar
  10. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  11. Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
    # Count: 51
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  12. Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  13. Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  14. Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  15. Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  16. Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris sovimanga
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  17. Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  18. Madagascar Munia Lepidopygia nana
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Joffreville road AntsirananaMadagascar
  19. Malagasy Turtle-Dove Nesoenas picturatus
    # Count: 25
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  20. Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
    # Count: 15
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  21. Seychelles Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus
    # Count: 16
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  22. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  23. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  24. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
    # Count: 28
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  25. White Tern Gygis alba
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  26. Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
    # Count: 100
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  27. Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  28. White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  29. Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  30. Seychelles White-eye Zosterops modestus
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  31. Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  32. Seychelles Sunbird Cinnyris dussumieri
    # Count: 24
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  33. Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Rich Baxter
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  34. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Daniel Wade
    Location: Frégate La DigueSeychelles
  35. White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
    # Count: 64
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  36. Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
    # Count: 19
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  37. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  38. Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  39. Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  40. Madagascar Green-Pigeon Treron australis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  41. Crested Coua Coua cristata
    # Count: 11
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  42. Malagasy Coucal Centropus toulou
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  43. Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  44. White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  45. Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  46. Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  47. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  48. Malagasy Pond-Heron Ardeola idae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  49. Frances's Sparrowhawk Accipiter francesiae
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  50. Black Kite Milvus migrans
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  51. Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  52. Cuckoo-roller Leptosomus discolor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  53. Malagasy Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  54. Greater Vasa Parrot Coracopsis vasa
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  55. Lesser Vasa Parrot Coracopsis nigra
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  56. Gray-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  57. Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda
    # Count: 7
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  58. Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  59. Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  60. Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  61. Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  62. Madagascar Lark Eremopterix hova
    # Count: 13
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  63. Common Jery Neomixis tenella
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  64. Malagasy Brush-Warbler Nesillas typica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  65. Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  66. Malagasy White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  67. Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  68. Malagasy Sunbird Cinnyris notatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Forêt d'Ambre AntsirananaMadagascar
  69. Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  70. Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  71. Red-footed Booby Sula sula
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  72. Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  73. Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  74. Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Rocky Point Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  75. Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Rocky Point Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  76. Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula whartoni
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: East of Rocky Point (Settlement) Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  77. Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: East of Rocky Point (Settlement) Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  78. Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: East of Rocky Point (Settlement) Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  79. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
    # Count: 12
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: East of Rocky Point (Settlement) Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  80. Christmas Island Swiftlet Collocalia natalis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Christmas Island Golf Course Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  81. Great Egret Ardea alba
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Christmas Island Golf Course Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  82. Christmas Island White-eye Zosterops natalis
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Christmas Island Golf Course Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  83. Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  84. Tibetan Sand-Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  85. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  86. Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
    # Count: 3
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  87. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  88. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  89. Sanderling Calidris alba
    # Count: 8
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  90. Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  91. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  92. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  93. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  94. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
    # Count: 5
    Date:
    Observer: Andrew Tindal
    Location: Bird Island SeychellesSeychelles
  95. Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Christmas Island Golf Course Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  96. Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Ethel Beach and carpark Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  97. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
    # Count: 9
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Boyle
    Location: Attenborough House, Antananarivo AntananarivoMadagascar
  98. Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Margaret Knoll Lookout Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  99. African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Boyle
    Location: Park Alarobia AntananarivoMadagascar
  100. Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Ramena road AntsirananaMadagascar
  101. White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Ramena road AntsirananaMadagascar
  102. Madagascar Wagtail Motacilla flaviventris
    # Count: 1
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: Diego to Ramena road AntsirananaMadagascar
  103. Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis
    # Count: 4
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: NAP d'Oronjia AntsirananaMadagascar
  104. Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
    # Count: 2
    Date:
    Observer: Ken Behrens
    Location: NAP d'Oronjia AntsirananaMadagascar

Additional Taxa (2)

  1. frigatebird sp. Fregata sp.
    # Count: 20
    Date:
    Observer: Hickson Fergusson
    Location: Flying Fish Cove Christmas IslandChristmas Island
  2. swift sp. Apodidae sp.
    # Count: 6
    Date:
    Observer: Philip Boyle
    Location: MG-Toamasina-Zahamena National Park (-18.9220,48.4091) ToamasinaMadagascar