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Bird List for Andohahela National Park

Buteo brachypterus Buzzard, Madagascar
Coua, Green-capped (Coua olivaceiceps)
Anas erythrorhyncha Duck, Red-billed (Teal)
Dendrocygna viduata Duck, White-faced Whistling-
Nycticorax nycticorax Heron, Black-crowned Night
Lonchura nana Mannikin, Madagascar
Cypsiurus parvus Swift, African Palm-

Believed to be in the area but not seen (the area is split into 3 parts and is vast):

Neodrepanis coruscans Asity, Sunbird (Wattled) 3
Philepitta castanea Asity, Velvet 3
Neodrepanis hypoxantha Asity, Yellow-bellied Sunbird- 1,2,3
Mystacornis crossleyi Babbler, Crossley's 3
Hypsipetes madagascariensis Bulbul, Madagascar
Coua caerulea Coua, Blue 3
Coua gigas Coua, Giant 3
Coua ruficeps Coua, Red-capped 3
Coua reynaudii Coua, Red-fronted 3
Coua cursor Coua, Running 2,3
Corvus albus Crow, Pied
Streptopelia picturata Dove, Madagascar Turtle
Dicrurus forficatus Drongo, Crested
Dromaeocercus brunneus Emu-tail, Brown 1,2,3
Sarothrura insularis Flufftail, Madagascar 3
Pseudobias wardi Flycatcher, Ward's 1,3
Foudia omissa Fody, Forest 3
Accipiter francesiae Goshawk, Frances's
Accipiter henstii Goshawk, Henst's 1
Phyllastrephus mad Greenbul, Long-billed
Bernieria zosterops Greenbul, Spectacled 3
Atelornis pittoides Ground-Roller, Pitta-like 1,3
Atelornis crossleyi Ground-Roller, Rufous-headed 1,2,3
Brachypteracias squamigera Ground-roller, Scaly (only here) 1,2,3
Brachypteracias leptosomus Ground-roller, Short-legged 1,2,3
Larus dominicanus Gull, Kelp
Lophotibis cristata Ibis, Madagascar Crested 1
Neomixis viridis Jery, Green 3
Neomixis tenella Jery, Madagascar (Common)
Neomixis striatigula Jery, Stripe-throated
Hartertula flavoviridis Jery, Wedge-tailed 1,2,3
Falco newtoni Kestrel, Madagascar
Milvus migrans Kite, Black
Acridotheres tristis Myna, Common
Newtonia archboldi Newtonia, Archbold's 2,3
Newtonia amphichroa Newtonia, Dark 3
Newtonia fanovanae Newtonia, Red-tailed 1,2,3
Caprimulgus enarratus Nightjar, Collared 3
Crossleyia xanthophrys Oxylabes (Yellowbrow), Madagascan 1/2/3
Oxylabes madagascariensis Oxylabes, White-throated 3
Coracopsis nigra Parrot, Black (Lesser Vasa)
Alectroenas madagascariensis Pigeon, Madagascar Blue 3
Canirallus kioloides Rail, Madagascan Forest 3
Copsychus albospecularis Robin, Madagascar Magpie-
Saroglossa aurata Starling, Madagascar
Xanthomixis cinereiceps Tetraka (Greenbul), Grey-crowned 1,2,3
Monticola sharpei Thrush, Forest Rock- 1,2,3
Xenopirostris xenopirostris Vanga, Lafresnaye's 2,3
Hypositta corallirostris Vanga, Nuthatch- 2,3
Xenopirostris polleni Vanga, Pollen's 1,2,3
Falculea palliata Vanga, Sickle-billed 3
Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi Warbler, Cryptic 2,3
Randia pseudozosterops Warbler, Rand's 1,3
Thamnornis chloropetoides Warbler, Thamnornis 2,3
Ploceus nelicourvi Weaver, Nelicourvi 3
Ploceus sakalava Weaver, Sakalava 3

The above list is not intended as a definitive list. It merely lists those birds seen and what some others have reported on the Internet. Please let me know if there are any additions to be made, or if you want to challenge the inclusion of any bird here.

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