Below is a listing of Madagascar Water birds that are associated with bodies of water, such as seabirds, coastal birds/waders, wetland birds and birds found in or near lakes and rivers
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Birds mostly associated with bodies of water or wetlands:
Listing:
African Openbill Stork (A. lamelligerus)
African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) aka Delacour’s Little Grebe or Rusty Grebe – Range: Found only on Lake Alaotra and surrounding lakes in Madagascar
African Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio p. madagascariensis)
Audubon’s Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri temptator) – Seabirds – Range: Northern end of Madagascar
Bernier’s Teal aka Madagascar Teal (Anas bernieri) – Endemic to Madagascar, where it is found only along the west coast.
Black-banded Plover or Madagascar Plover (Charadrius thoracicus) – Endemic to Madagascar, specifically the subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, sandy shores, intertidal marshes, and coastal saline lagoons
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel (Fregetta tropica) – Seabird
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
Hottentot Teal (Anas hottentota)
Kittlitz’s Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
Long-tailed Cormorant or Reed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus)
Madagascan Common Moorhen (G. c. pyrrhorrhoa)
Madagascar Flufftail (Sarothrura insularis)
Madagascar Grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii) – Range: Found only in western and central Madagascar
Madagascar Heron or Humblot’s Heron (Ardea humbloti) – Range: Madagascar – common to the north and west coasts as well as Lake Alaotra
Madagascar Ibis (Lophotibis cristata)
Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha)
Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) – possibly extinct
Madagascar Rail (Rallus madagascariensis)
Madagascar Snipe (Gallinago macrodactyla) – Range: Breeds only in the humid eastern half of Madagascar, from sea-level up to 2,700 m, being more common above 700 m. It is non-migratory.
Madagascar Wood Rail (Canirallus kioloides)
Malagasy Shelduck or Madagascar Shelduck (Alopochen sirabensis) – May be subspecies of A. mauritianus) – Madagascar, prehistoric
Malagasy Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis bernieri)
Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)
Three-banded Plover or Three-banded Sandplover (Charadrius tricollaris) – Range: Mainly on inland rivers, pools and lakes
White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus insularis)
