Birdwatching Holidays in Spain, Morocco & more…BOLETAS Birdwatching centre

22192 Loporzano (Huesca) – Spain

tel/fax 00 34 974 262027 or 01162 889318

e.mail: josele@boletas.org

WWW.BIRDINGSPAIN.COM

Josele J. Saiz - NIF 38491538A

BIRD HIGHLIGHTS

Madagascar October 7th to 21st and

23rd o 27th Masoala extension

Party: Ian Fraser,Diana Mansour,Paul Lathbury,Debbie McKeown,Roger Theobald

Imogen Theobald,Ken Lawson,Zoe Lawson,Peter Luetchford,David Lund

Tour Leader : Josele J. Saiz & Mamy Randiamenantena & several local guides

Total Number of Species : 93 endemics 20 regional endemics 157 bird species

Day1-/7-10-16-26ºNice&Sunny

Itinerary-TasarasoatraReserveinAntananarivo–Masailake

Day2-/8-10-16-27ºCNice&Sunny

Itinerary-AntananarivoFlighttoFortDauphin–BerentiPrivarereserve

Day3-/9-10-16–32ºCHot

ItineraryBerentiPrivateNaturereserve

Day4-/10-10-16-32ºCHot

Itinerary-BerentiPrivateNaurereserve

Day5-/11-10-16–27ºCSunny

Itinerary–FortDauphinflighttoAntananarivo

Day6/12-10-16–26ºCNiceandSunny

Itinerary-Antananarivo–Tulear-Ifati

Day7-/13-10-1629ºCNiceandSunny

Itinerary-Ifati–Zombitse-Ifalo

Day8/14-10-1629ºC

Day9-/15-10-16–28ºCCloudybutpleasant

ItineraryRanomafanaNationalPArk

Day10-/16-10-16–29ºCCloudybutpleasant

ItineraryRanomafanaNationalPark

Day11-/17-10-16-29ºCCloudy

ItineraryFromRanomafanatoAntsirabe

Day12/18-10-1630ºCHot

ItineraryFromAntsirabetoPerinet/MatadiaNationalParks

Day13-/19-10-16-26ºCSunnyandpleasant

ItineraryMantadiaNationalPark

Day14-/20-10-1627ºCSunnyandnice

Itinerary-PerinetNationalPark

Day15-/21-10-1628ºCSunny

ItineraryFromPerinettransfertoAntananaribo

Day1-5/23-to27October2016

Itinerary-FromIsalotoRanomafana Itinerary_MasoalaPeninsula

BIRDOFTHETOUR

IanFraser-ScalyGroundRoller

DianaMansour-ScalyGroundRoller

PaulLathbury–MadagascarPratincole

DebbieMcKeown-ScalyGroundRoller

RogerTheobald–ScalyGroundRoller

ImogenTheobald-ScalyGroundRoller

KenLawson-ScalyGroundRoller

ZoeLawson-ScalyGroundRoller

PeterLuetchford–MadagascarFlufftail

DavidLund-ScalyGroundRoller

JoseleSaiz-MadagascarSandgrouse

0. EnglishName ScientificName 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 EXT

1. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis x 2. Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii x 3. Long-tailed cormorant Phalacrocpraxafricanus x 4. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta x x x x x x 5. Gray Heron Ardea cinerea x 6. Humblot's Heron Ardea humbloti x 7. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea x x 8. Great Egret Ardea alba x x x x x x x x x x 9. Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca x x X 10. Dimorphic Egret EgrettaDimorpha x x x x X 11. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x x x x x x x x x x x x X 12. Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides x x x x 13. Madagascar Pond-Heron Ardeola idae x X 14. Striated Heron Butorides striata x x x x x x x x x 15. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax x X 16. Madagascar Ibis Lophotibis cristata x x X 17. Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos x 18. White-face Whistling Duck Nettapus auritus x x x 19. Meller's Duck Anas melleri x 20. Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha x x x 21. Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota x 22. Madagascar Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides radiatus x x 23. Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda madagascariensis x x 24. Madagascar Harrier Circus macrosceles x 25. Frances's Sparrowhawk Accipiter francesiae x x x 26. Madagascar Sparrowhawk Accipiter madagascariensis x x X 27. Yellow Billed Kite Milvus aegypttius x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 28. Madagascar Buzzard Buteo brachypterus x x x x x 29. Madagascar Kestrel Falco newtoni x x x x x x x x x x x x x X 30. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus x 31. Madagascar Partridge Margaroperdix madagarensis x

32. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris x x x 33. Brown Mesite Mesitornis unicolor h 34. White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegatus x 35. Madagascar Buttonquail Turnix nigricollis x x 36. Madagascar Flufftail Sarothrura insularis x 37. Madagascar Rail Rallus madagascariensis x 38. Madagascar Wood-Rail Canirallus kioloides x x x 39. White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri x x 40. Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus x x x 41. Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis x x 42. Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis x 43. Madagascar Snipe Gallinago macrodactyla x x 44. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus x x 45. Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius x x 46. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula x x 47. Madagascar Plover Charadrius thoracicus X 48. Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris X 49. White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus x 50. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos x x 51. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia x x x x 52. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus x x 53. Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres x 54. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea x 55. Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii x x 56. Lesser Crested Tern Sternabengalensis x 57. Madagascar Sandgrouse Pterocles personatus x 58. Namaqua Dove Oena capensis x x x x x x 59. Rock Pigeon Columba livia x x x x x x x x x x x x 60. Madagascar Turtle-Dove Streptopelia picturata x x x x x 61. Madagascar Green-Pigeon Treron australis x x x x x X 62. Madagascar Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas madagascariensis x x x x x x X 63. Greater Vasa-Parrot Mascarinus vasa x x x x x x

64. Lesser Vasa-Parrot Mascarinus niger x x x 65. Gray-headed Lovebird Agapornis canus x x x x 66. Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii h h h x x h h h h h 67. Giant Coua Coua gigas x x 68. Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli x 69. Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana x 70. Green Capped Coua CouaOlivaceiceps x 71. Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii x X 72. Running Coua Coua cursor x 73. Crested Coua Coua cristata x x x 74. Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi x 75. Blue Coua Coua caerulea x x x x H H X 76. Madagascar Coucal Centropus toulou x x x x x x x x x x h x h h h X 77. Madagascar Long-eared Owl Asio madagascariensis x 78. Barn Owl Tyto alba x 79. White-browed Owl Ninox superciliaris x x x 80. Marsh Owl Asio capensis x 81. Torotoroka Scops-Owl Otus rutilus x x x X 82. Collared Nightjar Gactornis enarratus x X 83. Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis x h h h h h h h h h H 84. Malagasy Spinetail Zoonavena grandidieri x x x x X 85. Madagascar Swift Apus balstoni x x X 86. Little Swift Apus affinis x x 87. African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus x x x X 88. Malagasy Kingfisher Corythornis vintsioides x x x x x x x 89. Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher Corythornis madagascariensis x x x 90. Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus x x x x x x 91. Short-legged Ground-Roller Brachypteracias leptosomus x 92. Scaly Ground-Roller Brachypteracias squamiger x x 93. Pitta-like Ground-Roller Atelornis pittoides x x x 94. Rufous-headed Ground-Roller Atelornis crossleyi x 95. Long-tailed Ground-Roller Uratelornis chimaera x

96. Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus x x 97. Madagascar cuckoo-Roller Leptosomusdiscolor x x h 98. Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata x x 99. Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea x x x x 100. Madagascar Lark Mirafra hova x x x x x 101. Madagascar Wagtail Motacillaflaviventris x x x x x x x x x x x 102. Plain Martin Riparia paludicola x x x 103. Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica x x x x x x x x 104. Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis x x x x x x x x x x 105. Forest Rock-Thrush Monticola sharpei x 106. Malgasy Stonechat Saxicolasibilla x x x x x x x x 107. Madagascar Brush-Warbler Nesillas typica x x h h x x h 108. Subdesert Brush-Warbler Nesillas lantzii x x x 109. Madagascar Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus newtoni x x h 110. Madagascar Cisticola Cisticola cherina x x x x 111. Gray Emu-tail Amphilais seebohmi x 112. Mad.Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone mutata x x x x x x x x X 113. Common Jery Neomixistenella x x x x x x x x x x x x X 114. Stripe –throated Jery Neomixisstriagula x x x x x x 115. Green Jery Neomixixviridis x x x H 116. Madagascar Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x X 117. White-throated Oxylabes Oxylabes madagascariensis x x X 118. Wedge-tailed Tetraka Hartertula flavoviridis x 119. Spectacled Tetraka Xanthomixis zosterops x x x x 120. Appert's Tetraka Xanthomixis apperti x 121. Long-billed Tetraka Bernieria madagascariensis x x x x x 122. Gray-crowned Tetraka Xanthomixis cinereiceps x x 123. Cryptic Tetraka Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi x 124. Rand's Warbler Randia pseudozosterops x x 125. Thamnornis Warbler Thamnornis chloropetoides x x 126. Madagascar White-eye Zosterops maderaspatanus x x x x x h x x x x 127. Souimanga Sunbird Cinnyris souimanga x x x x x x x x x h x x x

128. Long Billed Geen Sunbird Cinnyris notatus x x x x 129. Tylas Vanga Tylas eduardi x x x x x x 130. Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis x x x 131. Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis x x 132. Nuthatch-Vanga Hypositta corallirostris x x 133. Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert x x x x x x 134. Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi x 135. Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus x 136. Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris x x X 137. Ward's Vanga Pseudobias wardi x x x 138. Rufous Vanga Schetba rufa x x 139. Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii X 140. Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri X 141. Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata x 142. White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis x x x x x 143. Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni x x 144. Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris x x 145. Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi x 146. Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda x h h x x h h h h h h h 147. Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa x 148. Ashy Cuckooshrike Coracina cinerea x x x X 149. Crested Drongo Dicrurus forficatus x x x x x x x x x x x x X 150. Pied Crow Corvus albus x x x x x x x x x 151. Madagascar Starling Hartlaubius auratus x x X 152. Common Myna Acridotheres tristis x x x x x x x x x x x x x x X 153. Nelicourvi Weaver Ploceus nelicourvi x x x x X 154. Sakalava Weaver Ploceus sakalava x x x x x x x 155. Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis x x x x x x x x x x x X 156. Forest Fody Foudia omissa x 157. House Sparrow Passer domesticus x

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