List of Birds of Madagascar

Madagascar is one of the major zoo-geographic regions of Earth. Ninety percent of its forest species and all of its native land mammals are unique, among them the many species of lemurs, a primate group now largely confined to Madagascar. More than half of the 250-plus bird species are endemic, including five families of birds found only here and on the nearby Comoros the monotypic Cuckoo-Roller, the ground-rollers, and the recently separated Malagasy Warblers comprising of a distinctive endemic subfamily. It is also sadly a place where habitat destruction and over-population greatly threaten biodiversity, so it’s an important destination on any birder’s must-visit list.