Madagascar
Peter R. Bono  Summer 1998 Birdquest Trip


Little Grebe   Tachybaptus ruficollis
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      2
F Madagascar Grebe   Tachybaptus pelzelnii
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1 seen very well in great light x30
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      1
Gray Heron   Ardea cinerea
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      3
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
F Humblot's Heron   Ardea humbloti
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      3 seen well in scope x30 on mud flats
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      3
Purple Heron   Ardea purpurea
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      2
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      2
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning     
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      2
Great Egret   Ardea alba
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      2
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning      2
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      2
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      1
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
    8/20/1998   drive from Ft. Dauphin to Berenty Reserve      1
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      2
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      many
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
Black Heron   Egretta ardesiaca
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      2
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      4
Little Egret   Egretta garzetta
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      2
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning      2
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      4 including both white and dark phase birds; Mascarene Reef-Egret, E. dimorpha
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      2
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      1
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      several
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
Squacco Heron   Ardeola ralloides
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara     
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning      several
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      3
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      many
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      6
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      10
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning      several
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      several
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      many
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      many
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      many
    8/20/1998   drive from Ft. Dauphin to Berenty Reserve      many
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      6
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      many
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
Striated Heron   Butorides striatus
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve     
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      1
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      1
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      2
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      1
Black-crowned Night-Heron   Nycticorax nycticorax
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      6
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
Hamerkop   Scopus umbretta
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning      3
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      2
F Madagascar Ibis   Lophotibis cristata
    8/14/1998   Analamazoatra Special Reserve & Orchid Park      pair came to Orchid Park pond to feed at dusk
Greater Flamingo   Phoenicopterus ruber
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      1
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      1
Fulvous Whistling-Duck   Dendrocygna bicolor
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      11
White-faced Whistling-Duck   Dendrocygna viduata
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      15
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
Comb Duck   Sarkidiornis melanotos
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
F African Pygmy-goose   Nettapus auritus
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      4 at Lac Ranobe; swimming among reeds; flying
F Meller's Duck   Anas melleri
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      2 pair; green speculum seen well
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      pair; green speculum seen well x30 at 100ft
Red-billed Duck   Anas erythrorhyncha
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      2
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      145
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
F Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk   Aviceda madagascariensis
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      pair studied carefully x30; fide Simon Harrap
Black Kite   Milvus migrans
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      Yellow-billed
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      1
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
    8/20/1998   drive from Ft. Dauphin to Berenty Reserve      several
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      many
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      many
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      many
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      several
F Madagascar Harrier-Hawk   Polyboroides radiatus
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1 seen very well x30 at top of tree
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      3
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      one photographed on perch in morning light
F Frances' Goshawk   Accipiter francesii
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      female; eating small bird
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      1
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      3
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      1
F Madagascar Sparrowhawk   Accipiter madagascariensis
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      1 male studied carefully thru x30
F Madagascar Buzzard   Buteo brachypterus
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      2
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning      2
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      2
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      2
    8/14/1998   Analamazoatra Special Reserve & Orchid Park      1
F Madagascar Kestrel   Falco newtoni
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      2
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail     
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning     
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      2
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      2
    8/14/1998   Analamazoatra Special Reserve & Orchid Park      2
    8/15/1998   Perinet to Tana along RN7 in the early morning      4
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      many
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      many
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      many
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      several
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      2
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      4
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      several
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      several
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      1
F Madagascar Partridge   Margaroperdix madagascarensis
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      1 female flushed from grassland at forest edge
Helmeted Guineafowl   Numida meleagris
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      11
F Subdesert Mesite   Monias benschi
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      one seen perched very well x30; studied
F Madagascar Buttonquail   Turnix nigricollis
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      3 seen scurrying alongside road in early am
F Madagascar Flufftail   Sarothrura insularis
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      1 taped-out at very close range along road
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      heard only several times
h Madagascar Wood-Rail   Canirallus kioloides
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      heard only; taped in close but not seen
h Madagascar Rail   Rallus madagascariensis
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      heard only; very close but not seen
F White-throated Rail   Dryolimnas cuvieri
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      1 seen at pond in Orchard Park at dusk
    8/14/1998   Analamazoatra Special Reserve & Orchid Park      1 feeding at Orchid Park pond at dusk
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      heard
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      heard only by river
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      heard only
Common Moorhen   Gallinula chloropus
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      2
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      1
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      3
Black-winged Stilt   Himantopus himantopus
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      10
Black-bellied Plover   Pluvialis squatarola
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      3
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      1
F Madagascar Plover   Charadrius thoracicus
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      5 in brackish lagoons
Kittlitz's Plover   Charadrius pecuarius
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      10
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      4
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      3
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      1
White-fronted Plover   Charadrius marginatus
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      4
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      1
Whimbrel   Numenius phaeopus
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      many
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
Eurasian Curlew   Numenius arquata
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      2
Common Greenshank   Tringa nebularia
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      many
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      many
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      many
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      3
Common Sandpiper   Actitis hypoleucos
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      2
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
Ruddy Turnstone   Arenaria interpres
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      1
Curlew Sandpiper   Calidris ferruginea
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      10
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      several
Kelp Gull   Larus dominicanus
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      2 adults and one subadult on lagoon shore
Caspian Tern   Sterna caspia
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      2
Great Crested Tern   Sterna bergii
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      1
F Madagascar Sandgrouse   Pterocles personatus
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      50 seen flying in small flocks at a distance
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      4 flying in distance along river
Rock Dove   Columba livia
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      3
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning      many
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      many
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      many
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      several
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      several
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      many
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      many
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      several
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      many
F Madagascar Turtle-Dove   Streptopelia picturata
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      2
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      1
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      1
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      1
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      1
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      2
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      several
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      2
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      2
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      1
Namaqua Dove   Oena capensis
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      several
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      many
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      several
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      several
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      several
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      many
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      several
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      several
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      several
F Madagascar Green-Pigeon   Treron australis
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      two seen very well thru x30
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      several
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      8 in fruiting tree
F Madagascar Blue-Pigeon   Alectroenas madagascariensis
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      1 perched; studied x30 and photographed
F Gray-headed Lovebird   Agapornis canus
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      pair seen briefly in good light flying by
    8/18/1998   St. Augustin road about 20 km. se of Tulear      5 in a flock flying by
F Vasa Parrot   Coracopsis vasa
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      four seen perching on tops of Didieria sp.
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      2
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      2
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      2
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      1
F Black Parrot   Coracopsis nigra
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      3 plus a flock
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning      2
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      1
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      2
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      4
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      2
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      1
F Giant Coua   Coua gigas
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      three seen and photographed along trail
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      3 including one sunning itself
h Coquerel's Coua   Coua coquereli
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      several heard only; very close but not seen
h Red-breasted Coua   Coua serriana
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning      heard only in forest
h Red-fronted Coua   Coua reynaudii
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning      heard only in forest
F Red-capped Coua   Coua ruficeps
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      1 by side of road en route to Ifaty
    8/18/1998   St. Augustin road about 20 km. se of Tulear      1 seen well by the road
F Running Coua   Coua cursor
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      two individuals, including one photographed
F Crested Coua   Coua cristata
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      6 common in spiny forest; great views
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      2
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      4
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      1
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      several
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      several
F Verreaux's Coua   Coua verreauxi
    8/18/1998   St. Augustin road about 20 km. se of Tulear      one seen well x30 and photographed
F Blue Coua   Coua caerulea
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      2 including one by our chalet
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning      1 great view in sunlight x30
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      1
    8/14/1998   Analamazoatra Special Reserve & Orchid Park      1
F Madagascar Coucal   Centropus toulou
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      4
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      1
    8/12/1998   Mantady National Park in the morning     
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      2
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park      1
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      1
    8/16/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest/Desert; nearby roads and lagoons      several
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      several
    8/18/1998   Ifaty--Spiny Forest in morning      several
    8/19/1998   Zombitse Forest--150 km ne of Tulear on RN7 towards Tana      several
    8/20/1998   Mouth of Onilahy River at St. Augustin; drive back to Tulear      1
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      2
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      2
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      several
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      several
F Malagasy Scops-Owl   Otus rutilus
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      1 red phase calling at night; seen thru x30
    8/20/1998   drive from Ft. Dauphin to Berenty Reserve      many heard calling loudly around Berenty compound; none seen this evening
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      2 roosting amidst vines
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      1 gray phase
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      heard in predawn hours
F White-browed Owl   Ninox superciliaris
    8/20/1998   drive from Ft. Dauphin to Berenty Reserve      1 seen very well; perched near cabins; many others calling
    8/21/1998   Berenty Reserve in the afternoon      pair at a roost amidst vines
    8/22/1998   Berenty Reserve including Bialoza Forest      pair at roost
    8/23/1998   drive from Berenty Reserve to Ft. Dauphin      heard in predawn hours
F Madagascar Long-eared Owl   Asio madagascariensis
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      1 calling at night; seen very well x30
F Madagascar Nightjar   Caprimulgus madagascariensis
    8/15/1998   Tulear--Hotel mud flats; nearby lagoons, dry scrub se of town      4 over scrub at dusk
    8/17/1998   Ifaty--spiny forest in morning; Lac Ranobe in afternoon      ten at dawn by Mora-Mora plus one sitting and photographed at Lac Ranobe
F Malagasy Spinetail   Zoonavena grandidieri
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail      2 near Special Reserve entrance ponds
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      2
    8/14/1998   Analamazoatra Special Reserve & Orchid Park      2
African Palm-Swift   Cypsiurus parvus
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      3
    8/13/1998   Km. 122 on NR7, 15km w. of Andisibe      2
F Madagascar Swift   Apus balstoni
    8/21/1998   Lac Anony--a salt water lagoon about 25km south of Berenty      many hawking insects over the lagoon and scrub
    8/23/1998   Tana: paddies and Tsin Bazaza Park (zoo)      many
    8/24/1998   Tana: Lac Alarobia with its heronry      several
F Malagasy Kingfisher   Alcedo vintsioides
    8/11/1998   Tana to Andisibe (Perinet Reserve; Mangoro R.; Monajara      along Mangoro River
    8/12/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve; along road and Indri trail     
    8/13/1998   Analamazaotra Special Reserve      1
    8/14/1998   Mantady National Park &nbs