Bird Sounds of Madagascar

An audio CD with 99 tracks featuring the calls of 127 Malagasy birds. An accompanying booklet details the species, song type, location, date, and recordist in each case.

An authoritative collection of 127 species of Madagascan birds.

Many rare recordings, most of them previously unpublished.

Many of the species represented are found nowhere else in the world.

24 page booklet fully describing each recording.

• Madagascar Little Grebe – Tachybaptus pelzelnii
• Madagascar Crested Ibis – Lophotibis cristata
• Madagascar Serpent-Eagle – Eutriorchis astur
• Madagascar Harrier-Hawk – Polyboroides radiatus
• Henst's Goshawk – Accipiter henstii
• Madagascar Sparrowhawk – Accipiter madagascariensis
• Frances's Sparrowhawk – Accipiter francesii
• Madagascar Buzzard – Buteo brachypterus
• Madagascar Kestrel – Falco newtoni
• Banded Kestrel – Falco zoniventris
• Harlequin Quail – Coturnix delegorguei
• White-breasted Mesite – Mesitornis variegata
• Brown Mesite – Mesitornis unicolor
• Subdesert Mesite – Monias benschi
• Madagascar Buttonquail – Turnix nigricollis
• Madagascar Flufftail – Sarothrura insularis
• Slender-billed Flufftail – Sarothrura watersi
• Madagascar Wood Rail – Canirallus kioloides
• Madagascar Rail – Rallus madagascariensis
• White-throated Rail – Dryolimnas cuvieri
• Sakalava Rail – Amaurornis olivieri
• Common Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus pyrrhorhoa
• Greater Painted-snipe – Rostratula benghalensis
• Madagascar Pratincole – Glareola ocularis
• Madagascar Snipe – Gallinago macrodactyla
• Madagascar Sandgrouse – Pterocles personatus
• Madagascar Turtle Dove – Streptopelia picturata
• Namaqua Dove – Oena capensis aliena
• Madagascar Green Pigeon – Treron australis
• Greater Vasa Parrot – Coracopsis vasa
• Lesser Vasa Parrot – Coracopsis nigra
• Grey-headed Lovebird – Agapornis cana
• Thick-billed Cuckoo – Cuculus audeberti
• Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo – Cuculus rochii
• Giant Coua – Coua gigas
• Coquerel's Coua – Coua coquereli
• Red-breasted Coua – Coua serriana
• Red-fronted Coua – Coua reynaudii
• Running Coua – Coua cursor
• Red-capped Coua – Coua ruficeps olivaceiceps
• Crested Coua – Coua cristata
• Verreaux's Coua – Coua verreauxi
• Blue Coua – Coua caerulea
• Madagascar Coucal – Centropus toulou
• Madagascar Red Owl – Tyto soumagnei
• Rainforest Scops Owl – Otus rutilus
• Torotoroka Scops Owl – Otus madagascariensis
• White-browed Owl – Ninox superciliaris
• Madagascar Long-eared Owl – Asio madagascariensis
• Madagascar Nightjar – Caprimulgus madagascariensis
• Madagascar Spinetail – Zoonavena grandidieri
• Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher – Ispidina madagascariensis
• Broad-billed Roller – Eurystomus glaucurus
• Short-legged Ground-Roller – Brachypteracias leptosomus
• Scaly Ground-Roller – Brachypteracias squamiger
• Pitta-like Ground-Roller – Atelornis pittoides
• Rufous-headed Ground-Roller – Atelornis crossleyi
• Long-tailed Ground-Roller – Uratelornis chimaera
• Cuckoo-Roller – Leptosomus discolor
• Madagascar Hoopoe – Upupa marginata
• Velvet Asity – Philepitta castanea
• Schlegel's Asity – Philepitta schlegeli
• Common Sunbird-Asity – Neodrepanis coruscans
• Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity – Neodrepanis hypoxantha
• Madagascar Bush Lark – Mirafra hova
• Mascarene Martin – Phedina borbonica
• Brown-throated Sand Martin – Riparia paludicola cowani
• Madagascar Wagtail – Motacilla flaviventris
• Ashy Cuckoo-Shrike – Coracina cinerea
• Madagascar Bulbul – Hypsipetes madagascariensis
• Long-billed Tetraka – Bernieria madagascariensis
• Spectacled Tetraka – Xanthomixis zosterops
• Appert's Tetraka – Xanthomixis apperti
• Grey-crowned Tetraka – Xanthomixis cinereiceps
• Dusky Tetraka – Xanthomixis tenebrosus
• Amber Mountain Rock Thrush – Monticola erythronotus
• Littoral Rock Thursh – Monticola imerinus
• Rock Thrush sp. – Monticola sp
• Forest Rock Thrush – Monticola sharpei
• Benson's Rock Thrush – Monticola bensoni
• Madagascar Magpie-Robin – Copsychus albospecularis
• Brown Emutail – Dromaeocercus brunneus
• Grey Emutail – Amphilais seebohmi
• Madagascar Brush Warbler – Nesillas typica
• Lantz's Brush Warbler – Nesillas lantzi
• Madagascar Swamp-Warbler – Acrocephalus newtoni
• Thamnornis Warbler – Thamnornis chloropetoides
• Rand's Warbler – Randia pseudozosterops
• Common Newtonia – Newtonia brunneicauda
• Dark Newtonia – Newtonia amphichroa
• Archbold's Newtonia – Newtonia archboldi
• Red-tailed Newtonia – Newtonia fanovanae
• Madagascar Cisticola – Cisticola cherina
• Common Jery – Neomixis tenella
• Green Jery – Neomixis viridis
• Stripe-throated Jery – Neomixis striatigula
• Wedge-tailed Jery – Hartertula flavoviridis
• Cryptic Warbler – Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
• Ward's Flycatcher – Pseudobias wardi
• Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher – Terpsiphone mutata
• White-throated Oxylabes – Oxylabes madagascariensis
• Yellow-browed Oxylabes – Crossleyia xanthophrys
• Crossley's Babbler – Mystacornis crossleyi
• Souimanga Sunbird – Nectarinia souimanga
• Long-billed Green Sunbird – Nectarinia notata
• Madagascar White-Eye – Zosterops maderaspatana
• Red-tailed Vanga – Calicalicus madagascariensis
• Red-shouldered Vanga – Calicalicus rufocarpalis
• Rufous Vanga – Schetba rufa
• Hook-billed Vanga – Vanga curvirostris
• Lafresnaye's Vanga – Xenopirostris xenopirostris
• Van Dam's Vanga – Xenopirostris damii
• Pollen's Vanga – Xenopirostris polleni
• Sickle-billed Vanga – Falculea palliata
• White-headed Vanga – Leptopterus viridis
• Chabert's Vanga – Leptopterus chabert
• Blue Vanga – Cyanolanius madagascarinus
• Bernier's Vanga – Oriolia bernieri
• Helmet Vanga – Euryceros prevostii
• Nuthatch Vanga – Hypositta corallirostris
• Tylas Vanga – Tylas eduardi
• Crested Drongo – Dicrurus forficatus
• Madagascar Starling – Hartlaubius auratus
• Nelicourvi Weaver – Ploceus nelicourvi
• Sakalava Weaver – Ploceus sakalava
• Madagascar Red Fody – Foudia madagascariensis
• Forest Fody – Foudia omissa
• Madagascar Mannikin – Lonchura nana

• The image on the front is a Helmet Vanga feeding its chick, photographed by Nick Garbutt.
• The CD and case are printed with the invalid ISBN 0-7123-0534-1. The correct ISBN is 0-7123-0534-3, equivalent to ISBN-13 978-0-7123-0534-1.
• Item code: NSA CD 53.

Refer to the glossary for definitions of terms used to describe the condition of items.

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