​Birds – Ranomafana NP

Philip Briggs
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By Philip Briggs

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of many guidebooks to African destinations, including the Insight guide to Madagascar.

Philip is a renowned Africa expert and author of the Insight Guide to Madagascar.

Philip is the author of the Insight Guide to Madagascar.

Ranomafana National Park offers good bird watching, with at least 115 species recorded. Famously, it is home to four types of ground roller, a family of birds that consists of just five living species and is endemic to Madagascar. The striking pitta-like ground roller is quite easily observed over September to early January, when it is most vocal. Rufous-headed, short-legged and scaly ground rollers are also present. Forest birding is never easy, but the main road leading through the forested slopes of Ranomafana allows level viewing into the canopy.

Notable Birds in Ranomafana NP
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Blue vanga
Occasional
Crested drongo
Common
Cuckoo roller
Common
Madagascar cuckoo-shrike
Common
Pitta-like ground roller
Occasional

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Birds in Ranomafana NP
Bird Species
115
Migratory Birds
Nov to Apr

Best Time for Bird Watching

Bird watching in Ranomafana is good throughout the year, but the best time is from September to January. Many birds tend to be silent and inactive in the cold dry months from May to August. This is especially true for the sought-after ground rollers. Migratory birds are present in the wet summer months from November to April.

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Facts & Figures

Birds in Ranomafana NP
Bird Species
115
Migratory Birds
Nov to Apr