Madagascar
What is recorded in Madagascar
- Species
- 2,840
- Grid cells
- 20,949
- Records
- 591,275
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 1,760
- Reptiles 266
- Bony fish 253
- Amphibians 188
- Birds 183
- Mammals 178
- Sharks and rays 12
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Madagascar, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Madagascar, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Malagasy Bulbul
Hypsipetes madagascariensis
Souimanga Sunbird
Cinnyris sovimanga
Crested Drongo
Dicrurus forficatus
Madagascar Magpie-Robin
Copsychus albospecularis
Malagasy Coucal
Centropus toulou
Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher
Terpsiphone mutata
Red Fody
Foudia madagascariensis
Malagasy Kestrel
Falco newtoni
Olive Bee-eater
Merops superciliosus
Madagascar White-eye
Zosterops maderaspatanus
Common Jery
Neomixis tenella
Common Newtonia
Newtonia brunneicauda
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Madagascar.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Madagascar on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.