TULEAR MUD FLATS
MADAGASCAR
LOCALE
| # Species: | 220 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 220 |
| # Endemics: | 93 |
| # Near Endemics: | 2 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 3 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 4 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 5 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus |
| 6 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota |
| 7 | Meller's Duck | Anas melleri |
| 8 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 9 | Bernier's Teal | Anas bernieri |
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| 10 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 11 | Madagascar Partridge | Margaroperdix madagarensis |
| 12 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| 13 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 15 | Malagasy Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas picturata |
| 16 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 17 | Madagascar Green-Pigeon | Treron australis |
| 18 | Madagascar Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas madagascariensis |
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| 19 | Subdesert Mesite | Monias benschi |
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| 20 | Madagascar Sandgrouse | Pterocles personatus |
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| 21 | (Madagascar Cuckoo) | Cuculus rochii |
| 22 | Giant Coua | Coua gigas |
| 23 | Coquerel's Coua | Coua coquereli |
| 24 | Red-fronted Coua | Coua reynaudii |
| 25 | Red-capped Coua | Coua ruficeps |
| 26 | Running Coua | Coua cursor |
| 27 | Crested Coua | Coua cristata |
| 28 | Verreaux's Coua | Coua verreauxi |
| 29 | Blue Coua | Coua caerulea |
| 30 | Malagasy Coucal | Centropus toulou |
| 31 | Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti |
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| 32 | Collared Nightjar | Gactornis enarratus |
| 33 | Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis |
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| 34 | Madagascar Spinetail | Zoonavena grandidieri |
| 35 | Malagasy Palm Swift | Cypsiurus gracilis |
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| 36 | Madagascar Rail | Rallus madagascariensis |
| 37 | White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri |
| 38 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 39 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 40 | Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni |
| 41 | Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla |
| 42 | Sakalava Rail | Zapornia olivieri |
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| 43 | Madagascar Flufftail | Sarothrura insularis |
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| 44 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 45 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 46 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 47 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 48 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 49 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
| 50 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii |
| 51 | Madagascar Plover | Anarhynchus thoracicus |
| 52 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius |
| 53 | White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus |
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| 54 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 55 | Madagascar Jacana | Actophilornis albinucha |
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| 56 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 57 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata |
| 58 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica |
| 59 | Madagascar Snipe | Gallinago macrodactyla |
| 60 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| 61 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus |
| 62 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 63 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| 64 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 65 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 66 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 67 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 68 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| 69 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 70 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis |
| 71 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 72 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 73 | Madagascar Buttonquail | Turnix nigricollis |
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| 74 | Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola |
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| 75 | Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis |
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| 76 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 77 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus |
| 78 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 79 | Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris |
| 80 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 81 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 82 | #Saunders's Tern# | Sternula saundersi |
| 83 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 84 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 85 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 86 | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| 87 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo |
| 88 | #Lesser Crested Tern# | Thalasseus bengalensis |
| 89 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 90 | #Greater Flamingo# | Phoenicopterus roseus |
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| 91 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 92 | Madagascar Grebe | Tachybaptus pelzelnii |
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| 93 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus |
| 94 | (Red-tailed Tropicbird) | Phaethon rubricauda |
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| 95 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus |
| 96 | #Black-bellied Storm-Petrel# | Fregetta tropica |
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| 97 | #Pintado Petrel# | Daption capense |
| 98 | #Great-winged Petrel# | Pterodroma macroptera |
| 99 | Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis |
| 100 | Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui |
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| 101 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 102 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 103 | #Lesser Frigatebird# | Fregata ariel |
| 104 | #Great Frigatebird# | Fregata minor |
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| 105 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 106 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 107 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 108 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 109 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
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| 110 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 111 | Madagascar Ibis | Lophotibis cristata |
| 112 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 113 | Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus |
| 114 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 115 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 116 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 117 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 118 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 119 | (Malagasy Pond-Heron) | Ardeola idae |
| 120 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 121 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 122 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 123 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 124 | Humblot's Heron | Ardea humbloti |
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| 125 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 126 | Madagascar Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides radiatus |
| 127 | Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda madagascariensis |
| 128 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 129 | Frances's Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza francesiae |
| 130 | Madagascar Sparrowhawk | Accipiter madagascariensis |
| 131 | Henst's Goshawk | Astur henstii |
| 132 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius |
| 133 | Madagascar Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vociferoides |
| 134 | Madagascar Buzzard | Buteo brachypterus |
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| 135 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| 136 | Red Owl | Tyto soumagnei |
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| 137 | Madagascar Scops-Owl | Otus rutilus |
| 138 | White-browed Owl | Athene superciliaris |
| 139 | Madagascar Owl | Asio madagascariensis |
| 140 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
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| 141 | Cuckoo-roller | Leptosomus discolor |
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| 142 | Madagascar Hoopoe | Upupa marginata |
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| 143 | Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus |
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| 144 | Malagasy Kingfisher | Corythornis vintsioides |
| 145 | Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher | Corythornis madagascariensis |
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| 146 | (Broad-billed Roller) | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 147 | Long-tailed Ground-Roller | Uratelornis chimaera |
| 148 | Pitta-like Ground-Roller | Atelornis pittoides |
| 149 | Rufous-headed Ground-Roller | Atelornis crossleyi |
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| 150 | Malagasy Kestrel | Falco newtoni |
| 151 | Banded Kestrel | Falco zoniventris |
| 152 | /Eleonora's Falcon/ | Falco eleonorae |
| 153 | /Sooty Falcon/ | Falco concolor |
| 154 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 155 | Gray-headed Lovebird | Agapornis canus |
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| 156 | Velvet Asity | Philepitta castanea |
| 157 | Schlegel's Asity | Philepitta schlegeli |
| 158 | Common Sunbird-Asity | Neodrepanis coruscans |
| 159 | Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity | Neodrepanis hypoxantha |
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| 160 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
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| 161 | Archbold's Newtonia | Newtonia archboldi |
| 162 | Common Newtonia | Newtonia brunneicauda |
| 163 | Dark Newtonia | Newtonia amphichroa |
| 164 | Tylas Vanga | Tylas eduardi |
| 165 | Red-tailed Vanga | Calicalicus madagascariensis |
| 166 | Red-shouldered Vanga | Calicalicus rufocarpalis |
| 167 | Nuthatch-Vanga | Hypositta corallirostris |
| 168 | Chabert Vanga | Leptopterus chabert |
| 169 | Crossley's Vanga | Mystacornis crossleyi |
| 170 | Madagascar Blue Vanga | Cyanolanius madagascarinus |
| 171 | Hook-billed Vanga | Vanga curvirostris |
| 172 | Ward's Flycatcher | Pseudobias wardi |
| 173 | Rufous Vanga | Schetba rufa |
| 174 | Sickle-billed Vanga | Falculea palliata |
| 175 | White-headed Vanga | Artamella viridis |
| 176 | Pollen's Vanga | Xenopirostris polleni |
| 177 | Lafresnaye's Vanga | Xenopirostris xenopirostris |
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| 178 | Crested Drongo | Dicrurus forficatus |
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| 179 | Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone mutata |
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| 180 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 181 | Madagascar Lark | Mirafra hova |
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| 182 | Common Jery | Neomixis tenella |
| 183 | Green Jery | Neomixis viridis |
| 184 | Subdesert Jery** | Neomixis pallidior |
| 185 | Madagascar Cisticola | Cisticola cherina |
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| 186 | Malagasy Brush-Warbler | Nesillas typica |
| 187 | Subdesert Brush-Warbler | Nesillas lantzii |
| 188 | Madagascar Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus newtoni |
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| 189 | Gray Emutail | Bradypterus seebohmi |
| 190 | Brown Emutail | Bradypterus brunneus |
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| 191 | White-throated Oxylabes | Oxylabes madagascariensis |
| 192 | Long-billed Bernieria | Bernieria madagascariensis |
| 193 | Cryptic Warbler | Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi |
| 194 | Wedge-tailed Jery | Hartertula flavoviridis |
| 195 | Thamnornis | Thamnornis chloropetoides |
| 196 | Madagascar Yellowbrow | Crossleyia xanthophrys |
| 197 | Spectacled Tetraka | Xanthomixis zosterops |
| 198 | Gray-crowned Tetraka | Xanthomixis cinereiceps |
| 199 | Rand's Warbler | Randia pseudozosterops |
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| 200 | Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica |
| 201 | Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| 202 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
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| 203 | Malagasy Bulbul | Hypsipetes madagascariensis |
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| 204 | Malagasy White-eye | Zosterops maderaspatanus |
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| 205 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 206 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| 207 | Madagascar Starling | Hartlaubius auratus |
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| 208 | Pelzeln's Magpie-Robin** | Copsychus pica |
| 209 | Littoral Rock-Thrush | Monticola imerina |
| 210 | Forest Rock-Thrush | Monticola sharpei |
| 211 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
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| 212 | Souimanga Sunbird | Cinnyris sovimanga |
| 213 | Malagasy Sunbird | Cinnyris notatus |
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| 214 | Nelicourvi Weaver | Ploceus nelicourvi |
| 215 | Sakalava Weaver | Ploceus sakalava |
| 216 | Red Fody | Foudia madagascariensis |
| 217 | Forest Fody | Foudia omissa |
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| 218 | Madagascar Munia | Lepidopygia nana |
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| 219 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 220 | Madagascar Wagtail | Motacilla flaviventris |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 20 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 10 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 4 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 12 |
| [] | Accidental | 1 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 13 |
| V | Vulnerable | 10 |
| EN | Endangered | 8 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.