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Birds of Ambondrolava mangrove complex, southwest Madagascar

Author(s) -

Charlie J. Gardner,

Carola De Ridder,

Benjamin De Ridder,

Louise D. Jasper

Publication year - 2012

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/8.1.001

Subject(s) - mangrove , charadrius , threatened species , wetland , geography , ecology , biodiversity , ramsar site , endemism , near threatened species , species diversity , biology , habitat

Here we present the first bird species list for Ambondrolava (23°15’41” S, 43°37’42” E), a mangrove and freshwater wetland complex in dry southwest Madagascar. Sixty-nine species from 36 families were recorded, of which 14 species are endemic to Madagascar and 13 are endemic to the Madagascar region. Two globally threatened species were recorded: Charadrius thoracicus (Vulnerable) and Circus macrosceles (Vulnerable). With 36 species, Ambondrolava has the highest known wetland bird species diversity of any site in south and southwest Madagascar.

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