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== Endemic birds of Madagascar ==

<tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td><b>Scientific name</b></td><td><b>English name</b></td><td><b>Malagasy name</b></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Grebes (Podicipedidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tachybaptus pelzelnii''</td>

<td>[[Alaotra grebe]]</td>

<td colspan="3">Family Herons (Ardeidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardeola idae''</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardea humbloti''</td>

<td>[[Madagascar heron]] or Humblot’s ~~Heron~~heron</td>

<td colspan="3">Family Ibises, Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Lophotibis cristata''</td>

<td>[[Madagascar crested ibis]]</td>

<td>Lampirana/ Akohonala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Ducks, Geese, Swans (Anatidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anas bernieri''</td>

<td>[[Madagascar pochard]]</td>

<td colspan="3">Family Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Aviceda madagascariensis''</td>

<td>[[Madagascar cuckoo-hawk]] or Madagascar cuckoo-falcon</td>

<td>Bobaka</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Haliaeetus vociferoides''</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Polyboroides radiatus''</td>

<td>[[Madagascar harrier-hawk]]</td>

<td>Fihiaky</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Circus maillardi''</td><td>[[Réunion harrier]] or Réunion marsh-harrier</td><td>Fitsindraky / Fanindry</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Accipiter henstii''</td><td>[[Henst's goshawk]]</td><td>Fandrasabe / Firasabe</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Accipiter madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar sparrowhawk]]</td><td>Firasa</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Accipiter francesiae''</td><td>[[Frances's sparrowhawk]] or Madagascar goshawk</td><td>Fihiaky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Buteo brachypterus''</td><td>[[Madagascar buzzard]]</td><td>Bobaky / Hindry / Beririnina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Falcons, Caracaras (Falconidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Falco newtoni''</td><td>[[Madagascar kestrel]]</td><td>Hitikitiky / Hitsikitsika</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Falco zoniventris''</td><td>[[Banded kestrel]]</td><td>Hitsikitsikala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse (Phasianidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Margaroperdix madagarensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar partridge]]</td><td>Traotrao</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Mesites (Mesitornithidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Mesitornis variegatus'' or ''Mesitornis variegata''</td><td>[[White-breasted mesite]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Mesitornis unicolor''</td><td>[[Brown mesite]]</td><td>Roa telo / Voronantambo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Monias benschi''</td><td>[[Subdesert mesite]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Buttonquails (Turnicidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Turnix nigricollis''</td><td>[[Madagascar buttonquail]]</td><td>Kibo / Kibobo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Rallidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Rallus madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar rail]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dryolimnas cuvieri''</td><td>[[White-throated rail]]</td><td>Tsikoza</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Canirallus kioloides'' or ''Mentocrex kioloides''</td><td>[[Madagascar wood-rail]]</td><td>Vorotrandraka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sarothrura insularis''</td><td>[[Madagascar flufftail]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sarothrura watersi''</td><td>[[Slender-billed flufftail]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Amaurornis olivieri'' or ''Zapornia olivieri''</td><td>[[Sakalava rail]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Jacanas (Jacanidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Actophilornis albinucha''</td><td>[[Madagascar jacana]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Coursers, Pratincoles (Glareolidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Glareola ocularis''</td><td>[[Madagascar pratincole]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Plovers (Charadriidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius thoracicus''</td><td>[[Madagascar plover]] or Black-banded Plover</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Gallinago macrodactyla''</td><td>[[Madagascar snipe]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Sandgrouse (Pteroclidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pterocles personatus''</td><td>[[Madagascar sandgrouse]]</td><td>Hatrakatraky / Katakatra</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Nesoenas picturatus'' or ''Streptopelia picturata''</td><td>[[Madagascar turtle-dove]]</td><td>Domohina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Treron australis''</td><td>[[Madagascar green pigeon]]</td><td>Voron'adabo / Voronadabo / Voronadabo-Fonimaitso</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Alectroenas madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar blue pigeon]]</td><td>Finengo maitso</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Parrots (Psittacidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coracopsis vasa''</td><td>[[Greater vasa parrot]]</td><td>Boeza be / Sihotsy / Bolokibe</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coracopsis nigra''</td><td>[[Lesser vasa parrot]] or Black parrot</td><td>Boeza kely / Sihotsy / Bolokikely</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Agapornis canus''</td><td>[[Grey-headed lovebird]]</td><td>Kitrehoky / Karaoke-Sarivazo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua delalandei''</td><td>[[Snail-eating coua]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua gigas''</td><td>[[Giant coua]]</td><td>Aliotsy / Lejabe-Angojobe</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua coquereli''</td><td>[[Coquerel's coua]]</td><td>Gory / Fandikalalana</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua serriana''</td><td>[[Red-breasted coua]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua reynaudii''</td><td>[[Red-fronted coua]] or Reynaud's coua</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua cursor''</td><td>[[Running coua]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua ruficeps''</td><td>[[Red-capped coua]]</td><td>Aliotse-Akoky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua cristata''</td><td>[[Crested coua]]</td><td>Tokambolo / Tivoky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua verreauxi''</td><td>[[Verreaux's coua]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coua caerulea''</td><td>[[Blue coua]]</td><td>Mariaha / Mariha</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cuculus rochii''</td><td>[[Madagascar cuckoo]] or Madagascar lesser cuckoo</td><td>Taotaokafa / Kônko na Taontaonkafa / Taotaonkafa</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Centropus toulou''</td><td>[[Madagascar coucal]]</td><td>Toloho / Toloho na monjo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Barn-owls (Tytonidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tyto soumagnei''</td><td>[[Madagascar red owl]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Typical Owls (Strigidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Otus rutilus''</td><td>[[Madagascar scops-owl]] or Rainforest scops-owl</td><td>Torotoroky / Torotoroka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Athene superciliaris'' formerly ''Ninox superciliaris''</td><td>[[White-browed hawk-owl]] or White-browed owl</td><td>Tovotovoky / Tovotovoka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Asio madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar long-eared owl]]</td><td>Hankagna / Hankà</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Nightjars (Caprimulgidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Caprimulgus madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar nightjar]]</td><td>Tataro / Matoriandro</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Gactornis enarratus'' or ''Caprimulgus enarratus''</td><td>[[Collared nightjar]]</td><td>Tataroala (fotsifotsy vozona)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Swifts (Apodidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Zoonavena grandidieri''</td><td>[[Madagascar spinetail]]</td><td>Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Corythornis vintsioides'' or ''Alcedo Vintsioides''</td><td>[[Madagascar kingfisher]] or Madagascar malachite kingfisher</td><td>Litotsy / Vintsy / Vintsirano</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Corythornis madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar pygmy-kingfisher]]</td><td>Vintsiala (mena)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Ground-rollers (Brachypteraciidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Brachypteracias leptosomus''</td><td>[[Short-legged ground-roller]]</td><td>Fangadiovy / Fandikalalana / Famakiakora</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Brachypteracias squamigera'' now ''Geobiastes squamiger''</td><td>[[Scaly ground-roller]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Atelornis pittoides''</td><td>[[Pitta-like ground-roller]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Atelornis crossleyi''</td><td>[[Rufous-headed ground-roller]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Uratelornis chimaera''</td><td>[[Long-tailed ground-roller]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Cuckoo Roller (Leptosomidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Leptosomus discolor''</td><td>[[Cuckoo-roller]]</td><td>Kirombo / Vorondreo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Asities (Philepittidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Philepitta castanea''</td><td>[[Velvet asity]]</td><td>Asity</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Philepitta schlegeli''</td><td>[[Schlegel's asity]]</td><td>Asity</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Neodrepanis coruscans''</td><td>[[Sunbird asity]] or Common Sunbird-asity</td><td>Soinala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Neodrepanis hypoxantha''</td><td>[[Yellow-bellied sunbird-asity]]</td><td>Soinala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Larks (Alaudidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Mirafra hova''</td><td>[[Madagascar lark]] or Madagascar bushlark</td><td>Boria / Soretry / Sorohitra</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Phedina borbonica''</td><td>[[Mascarene martin]]</td><td>Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Motacilla flaviventris''</td><td>[[Madagascar wagtail]]</td><td>Triotrio / Kitriotrio</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coracina cinerea'' now ''Ceblepyris cinereus''</td><td>[[Madagascar cuckoo-shrike]]</td><td>Vorondavenoky / Vorondavenona</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Bernieria madagascariensis'' or ''Phyllastrephus madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Long-billed bernieria]] or Common tetraka, formerly Long-billed greenbul</td><td>Tretreky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xanthomixis zosterops'' or ''Phyllastrephus zosterops''</td><td>[[Short-billed greenbul]] or Spectacled tetraka</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xanthomixis apperti'' or ''Phyllastrephus apperti''</td><td>[[Appert’s greenbul]] or Appert's tetraka</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xanthomixis tenebrosus'' or ''Phyllastrephus tenebrosus''</td><td>[[Dusky greenbul]] or Dusky tetraka</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xanthomixis cinereiceps'' or ''Phyllastrephus cinereiceps''</td><td>[[Grey-crowned greenbul]] or Grey-crowned tetraka</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Hypsipetes madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar bulbul]] or Madagascar black bulbul</td><td>Menasony / Tsokoreva / Tsikorovana</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Vangas (Vangidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tylas eduardi''</td><td>[[Tylas vanga]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Calicalicus madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Red-tailed vanga]]</td><td>Totokarasoroka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Schetba rufa''</td><td>[[Rufous vanga]]</td><td>Paopaobava</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Vanga curvirostris''</td><td>[[Hook-billed vanga]]</td><td>Bekapoaky / Vangasoratra</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xenopirostris xenopirostris''</td><td>[[Lafresnaye's vanga]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xenopirostris damii''</td><td>[[Van Dam's vanga]]</td><td>Vanga</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xenopirostris polleni''</td><td>[[Pollen's vanga]]</td><td>Vangamaintiloha</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Falculea palliata''</td><td>[[Sickle-billed vanga]]</td><td>Voronjaza (lava sogny)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Leptopterus chabert''</td><td>[[Chabert's vanga]]</td><td>Fotsytretraky / Patsatsatra</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Artamella viridis'' or ''Leptopterus viridis''</td><td>[[White-headed vanga]]</td><td>Vorondaja / Vanga / Voromasiaka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cyanolanius madagascarinus'' or ''Leptopterus madagascarinus''</td><td>[[Blue vanga]]</td><td>Patsatsatrala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Oriolia bernieri''</td><td>[[Bernier's vanga]]</td><td>Taporo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Euryceros prevostii''</td><td>[[Helmet vanga]] or Helmet bird</td><td>Siketribe</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Hypositta corallirostris''</td><td>[[Coral-billed nuthatch vanga]] or Nuthatch vanga</td><td>Sakodidy</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Thrushes (Turdidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Copsychus albospecularis''</td><td>[[Madagascar magpie-robin]]</td><td>Fitatsy / Fitatrala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Monticola imerinus''</td><td>[[Littoral rock-thrush]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Monticola bensoni''</td><td>[[Benson's rock-thrush]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Monticola sharpei''</td><td>[[Forest rock-thrush]]</td><td>Androbaka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Neomixis tenella''</td><td>[[Common jery]]</td><td>Kininitsy / Jijy</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Neomixis viridis''</td><td>[[Green jery]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Neomixis striatigula''</td><td>[[Stripe-throated jery]]</td><td>Kininitsy</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Hartertula flavoviridis''</td><td>[[Wedge-tailed jery]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cisticola cherina''</td><td>[[Madagascar cisticola]]</td><td>Tity / Tsintsina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Oxylabes madagascariensis''</td><td>[[White-throated oxylabes]]</td><td>Sirontsirona</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Acrocephalus newtoni''</td><td>[[Madagascar swamp-warbler]]</td><td>Vorombatra</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Crossleyia xanthophrys''</td><td>[[Madagascar yellowbrow]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Nesillas typica''</td><td>[[Madagascar brush-warbler]]</td><td>Vorombaratra / Boretika / Poretaka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Thamnornis chloropetoides''</td><td>[[Thamnornis warbler]] or Kiritika</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dromaeocercus brunneus''</td><td>[[Brown emu-tail]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Amphilais seebohmi'' or ''Dromaeocercus seebohmi''</td><td>[[Grey emu-tail]] or Madagascan grassbird</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Randia pseudozosterops''</td><td>[[Rand's warbler]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Newtonia amphichroa''</td><td>[[Dark newtonia]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Newtonia brunneicauda''</td><td>[[Common newtonia]]</td><td>Katekateky / Tretreka</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Newtonia archboldi''</td><td>[[Archbold's newtonia]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Newtonia fanovanae''</td><td>[[Red-tailed newtonia]]</td><td>Mitovy sabiro nefa menamena</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Babblers (Timaliidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Mystacornis crossleyi''</td><td>[[Crossley’s babbler]] or Madagascar groundhunter</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Batises and Wattle-eyes (Platysteiridae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pseudobias wardi''</td><td>[[Ward’s flycatcher]] or Ward's shrike-flycatcher</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Terpsiphone mutata''</td><td>[[Madagascar paradise-flycatcher]]</td><td>Soketry / Tsingitry</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cinnyris souimanga'' or ''Nectarinia souimanga''</td><td>[[Souimanga sunbird]]</td><td>Sobita / Soy / Soimangakely</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cinnyris notatus'' or ''Nectarinia notata''</td><td>[[Long-billed green sunbird]] or Madagascar green sunbird</td><td>Soimanga / Siangavola / Soimangabe</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family White-eyes (Zosteropidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Zosterops maderaspatanus''</td><td>[[Malagasy white-eye]] or Madagascar white-eye</td><td>Tsiparimaso / Sabiro / Fotsimaso</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Waxbills (Estrildidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Lepidopygia nana'' or ''Lonchura nana''</td><td>[[Madagascar mannikin]] or Madagascar bibfinch</td><td>Tsipiny / Tsangoritry / Tsikirity</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Weavers (Ploceidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ploceus nelicourvi''</td><td>[[Nelicourvi weaver]]</td><td>Fodisaina misy maitso</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ploceus sakalava''</td><td>[[Sakalava weaver]] or Sakalava fody</td><td>Fody fondrana mena maso</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Foudia madagascariensis''</td><td>[[Madagascar red fody]] or Red fody</td><td>Fody / Fodimena</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Foudia omissa''</td><td>[[Forest fody]]</td><td>Fodiala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Starlings (Sturnidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Hartlaubius auratus'' or ''Saroglossa auratus''</td><td>[[Madagascar starling]]</td><td>Vorontainomby</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Drongos (Dicruridae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dicrurus forficatus''</td><td>[[Crested drongo]]</td><td>Ndovy / Railovy na Lehidraonga</td></tr></table> == Non-endemic birds of Madagascar == <table width="100%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="0"><tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td><b>Scientific name</b></td><td><b>English name</b></td><td><b>Malagasy name</b></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Grebes (Podicipedidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tachybaptus ruficollis''</td><td>[[Little grebe]]</td><td>Vivy</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Thalassarche melanophris'' or ''Diomedea melanophris''</td><td>[[Black-browed albatross]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Petrels, Shearwaters (Procellariidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Macronectes giganteus''</td><td>[[Southern giant petrel]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pachyptila vittata''</td><td>[[Broad-billed prion]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Puffinus pacificus''</td><td>[[Wedge-tailed shearwater]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Southern Storm-petrels (Oceanitidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Oceanites oceanicus''</td><td>[[Wilson’s storm-petrel]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Fregetta tropica''</td><td>[[Black-bellied storm-petrel]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Tropicbirds (Phaethontidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Phaethon aethereus''</td><td>[[Red-billed tropicbird]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Phaethon rubricauda''</td><td>[[Red-tailed tropicbird]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Phaethon lepturus''</td><td>[[White-tailed tropicbird]] or Yellow-billed tropicbird</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Pelicans (Pelecanidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pelecanus rufescens''</td><td>[[Pink-backed pelican]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Gannets, Boobies (Sulidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sula sula''</td><td>[[Red-footed booby]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sula leucogaster''</td><td>[[Brown booby]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Microcarbo africanus''</td><td>[[Long-tailed cormorant]] or Reed cormorant</td><td>Barafilo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Darters (Anhingidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anhinga rufa''</td><td>[[African darter]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Frigatebirds (Fregatidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Fregata minor''</td><td>[[Great frigatebird]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Fregata ariel''</td><td>[[Lesser frigatebird]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Herons (Ardeidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ixobrychus minutus''</td><td>[[Common little bittern]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Nycticorax nycticorax''</td><td>[[Black-crowned night-heron]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Butorides striatus''</td><td>[[Green-backed heron]]</td><td>Vorompantsika</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardeola ralloides''</td><td>[[Squacco heron]]</td><td>Malemylava</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Egretta ardesiaca'' or ''Hydranassa ardesiaca''</td><td>[[Black heron]]</td><td>Lombokomana</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Egretta gularis''</td><td>[[Western reef-egret]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Egretta garzetta''</td><td>[[Little egret]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardea alba''</td><td>[[Great white egret]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardea purpurea''</td><td>[[Purple heron]]</td><td>Dangoro / Vanomena</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardea cinerea''</td><td>[[Grey heron]]</td><td>Vanokasira</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardea melanocephala''</td><td>[[Black-headed heron]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Ardea goliath''</td><td>[[Goliath heron]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Hamerkop (Scopidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Scopus umbretta''</td><td>[[Hamerkop]]</td><td>Takatra</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Storks (Ciconiidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Mycteria ibis''</td><td>[[Yellow-billed stork]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anastomus lamelligerus''</td><td>[[African openbill]] or African openbill stork</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Ibises, Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Threskiornis aethiopicus''</td><td>[[African sacred ibis]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Plegadis falcinellus''</td><td>[[Glossy ibis]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Platalea alba''</td><td>[[African spoonbill]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Phoenicopterus ruber''</td><td>[[American flamingo]] or Caribbean flamingo</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Phoeniconaias minor''</td><td>[[Lesser flamingo]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Ducks, Geese, Swans (Anatidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dendrocygna bicolor''</td><td>[[Fulvous whistling duck]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dendrocygna viduata''</td><td>[[White-faced whistling duck]]</td><td>Vivy / Tsiriry </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sarkidiornis melanotos''</td><td>[[Knob-billed duck]] or African Comb Duck</td><td>Angongo / Tsivongo-Arosy</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Nettapus auritus''</td><td>[[African pygmy-goose]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anas erythrorhyncha''</td><td>[[Red-billed teal]]</td><td>Sadaelatsy</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anas hottentota'' or ''Spatula hottentota''</td><td>[[Hottentot teal]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Thalassornis leuconotus''</td><td>[[White-backed duck]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Macheiramphus alcinus''</td><td>[[Bat hawk]]</td><td>Hila</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Milvus migrans''</td><td>[[Black kite]]</td><td>Tsimalaho</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Falcons, Caracaras (Falconidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Falco eleonorae''</td><td>[[Eleonora's falcon]]</td><td>Firasambalala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Falco concolor''</td><td>[[Sooty falcon]]</td><td>Firasambalala</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Falco peregrinus''</td><td>[[Peregrine falcon]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse (Phasianidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coturnix coturnix''</td><td>[[Common quail]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Coturnix delegorguei''</td><td>[[Harlequin quail]]</td><td>Kibonaomby</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Guineafowl (Numididae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Numida meleagris''</td><td>[[Helmeted guineafowl]]</td><td>Akanga</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Rails, Gallinules, Coots (Rallidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Zapornia pusilla'' formerly ''Porzana pusilla''</td><td>[[Baillon's crake]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Gallinula chloropus''</td><td>[[Common moorhen]]</td><td>Akohondrano</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Porphyrio madagascariensis''</td><td>[[African swamphen]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Fulica cristata''</td><td>[[Red-knobbed coot]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Painted-snipes (Rostratulidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Rostratula benghalensis''</td><td>[[Greater painted-snipe]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Crab-plover (Dromadidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Dromas ardeola''</td><td>[[Crab-plover]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Avocets, Stilts (Recurvirostridae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Himantopus himantopus''</td><td>[[Black-winged stilt]]</td><td>Takapaly</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Recurvirostra avosetta''</td><td>[[Pied avocet]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Plovers (Charadriidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pluvialis dominica''</td><td>[[Americangolden plover]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pluvialis squatarola''</td><td>[[Grey plover]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius hiaticula''</td><td>[[Common ringed plover]]</td><td>Vikiviky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius pecuarius''</td><td>[[Kittlitz’s plover]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius tricollaris''</td><td>[[African three-banded plover]]</td><td>Kalipa / Vikiviky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius marginatus''</td><td>[[White-fronted plover]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius mongolus''</td><td>[[Lesser sand plover]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Charadrius leschenaultii''</td><td>[[Greater sand plover]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Sandpipers, Snipes, Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Limosa limosa''</td><td>[[Black-tailed godwit]]</td><td></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Limosa lapponica''</td><td>[[Bar-tailed godwit]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Numenius phaeopus''</td><td>[[Whimbrel]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Numenius arquata''</td><td>[[Eurasian curlew]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tringa stagnatilis''</td><td>[[Marsh sandpiper]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tringa nebularia''</td><td>[[Common greenshank]]</td><td>Sakalo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tringa ochropus''</td><td>[[Green sandpiper]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tringa glareola''</td><td>[[Wood sandpiper]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Xenus cinereus''</td><td>[[Terek sandpiper]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Actitis hypoleucos''</td><td>[[Common sandpiper]]</td><td>Bohaky / Vikiviky</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Arenaria interpres''</td><td>[[Ruddy turnstone]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Calidris alba''</td><td>[[Sanderling]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Calidris minuta''</td><td>[[Little stint]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Calidris alpina''</td><td>[[Dunlin]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Calidris ferruginea''</td><td>[[Curlew sandpiper]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Calidris pugnax''or ''Philomachus pugnax"</td><td>[[Ruff]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Skuas (Stercorariidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Catharacta skua''</td><td>[[Great skua]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Stercorarius parasiticus''</td><td>[[Arctic Jaeger]] or Parasitic Jaeger</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Larus dominicanus''</td><td>[[Kelp gull]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Larus cirrocephalus''</td><td>[[Grey-headed gull]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Larus novaehollandiae''</td><td>[[Silver gull]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Gelochelidon nilotica''</td><td>[[Common gull-billed tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Hydroprogne caspia''</td><td>[[Caspian tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Chlidonias hybrida''</td><td>[[Whiskered tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Chlidonias leucopterus''</td><td>[[White-winged tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sterna hirundo''</td><td>[[Common tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sterna dougallii''</td><td>[[Roseate tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Onychoprion anaethetus'' or ''Sterna anaethetus''</td><td>[[Bridled tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Onychoprion fuscatus'' or ''Sterna fuscata''</td><td>[[Sooty tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Sterna saundersi''</td><td>[[Saunders's tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Thalasseus bengalensis'' or ''Sterna bengalensis''</td><td>[[Lesser crested tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Thalasseus bergii''</td><td>[[Greater crested tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anous stolidus''</td><td>[[Brown noddy]] or Common noddy</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Anous tenuirostris''</td><td>[[Lesser noddy]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Gygis alba''</td><td>[[Common white tern]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Oena capensis''</td><td>[[Namaqua dove]] or Long-tailed dove</td><td>Tsakatoto / Katoto</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Pachycoccyx audeberti''</td><td>[[Thick-billed cuckoo]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Barn-owls (Tytonidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tyto alba''</td><td>[[Common barn-owl]]</td><td>Vorondolo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Typical Owls (Strigidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Asio capensis''</td><td>[[Marsh owl]]</td><td>Hanka or Vorondolo</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Swifts (Apodidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Cypsiurus parvus''</td><td>[[African palm swift]]</td><td>Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Tachymarptis melba'' formerly ''Apus melba''</~~table~~td><td>[[Alpine swift]]</td><td>Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Apus barbatus''</td><td>[[African black swift]]</td><td>Firihitsandro / Tsiditsidina</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece"><td colspan="3">   </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#dccbb3" valign="top"><td colspan="3">Family Bee-eaters (Meropidae)</td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Merops superciliosus''</td><td>[[Olive bee-eater]] or Madagascar bee-eater</td><td>Kiriokirioky / Kirikioka / Tsikorinkorehina</td></tr>

<td colspan="3">Family Rollers (Coraciidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Eurystomus glaucurus''</td>

<td>[[Broad-billed roller]]</td>

<td>Tsararahaky / Tsararako / Vorombaratra</td></tr>

<td colspan="3">Family Hoopoes (Upupidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Upupa epops''</td>

<td>[[Common Hoopoe]]</td>

<td>Tsakodara</td></tr>

<td colspan="3">Family Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Riparia paludicola''</td>

<td>[[Brown-throated martin]] or Plain martin</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Riparia riparia''</td>

<td>[[Collared sand martin]]</td>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Hirundo rustica''</td>

<td>[[Barn swallow]]</td>

<td colspan="3">Family Thrushes (Turdidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Saxicola torquatus''</td>

<td>[[Common stonechat]] or Collared stonechat</td>

<td>Fitadroranga</td></tr>

<td colspan="3">Family Starlings (Sturnidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Acridotheres tristis''</td>

<td>[[Common myna]]</td>

<td colspan="3">Family Crows (Corvidae)</td></tr>

<tr bgcolor="#eadece" valign="top"><td>''Corvus albus''</td>

<td>Gaga / Goaka / Goaika</td></tr>

</table>

<td colspan="3">[[File:Madagascar_eagle_001.jpg|576px|none|thumb|Unidentified eagle in [[Tsaratanana]]]]</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td valign="top">[[File:White_Tailed_Tropicbird_001.jpg|185px|none|thumb|White-tailed tropicbird]]</td>

<td valign="top">[[File:Crested_Drongo_001.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Crested drongo]]</td>

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