16 Review of Madagascar’s wildfowl
©Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Wildfowl
(2013) 63: 5–23
Table 3
(
continued
).
Site Site name
Ramsar
Year
Size Madagascar
Endemic
Approx. duck
Site characteristics
no.
site no.
1
designated
1
(ha)
realm
2
wildfowl
numbers (* = breeds)
5 Parc de Tsarasaotra
1464
2005
27
Eastern
Meller’s Duck Occasional
Small lake (Lake Alarobia) close
(18°52’S 047°32’E)
to the capital (Antananarivo),
important for providing a refuge
and nesting site in an urban
environment for waterbirds
inhabiting the highlands in
central Madagascar.
6 Lake Bedo
1686
2007
1,962
Western
Madagascar Teal *
c
. 50 in area. 17 on
Wetland complex adjacent to
(19°57’S 044°36’E)
lake, Oct 2004 (Durrell forests, consisting of the shallow,
unpubl. data)
open Lake Bedo, its surrounding
marshes , and a permanent river
flowing into the lake.
7 Nosivolo River
1916
2010
4,467
Eastern
Meller’s Duck Unknown
Comprises 130 km of river, with
(20°03’S 48°07’E)
lakes, pools and irrigated lands.
Has the highest concentration of
endemic freshwater fish in
Madagascar.
8 Lake Kinkony
2048
2012
13, 800 Western
(Madagascar
*10 (BirdLife 2013)
Permanent freshwater lake.
(16°08’S 045°49’E)
Teal in
Included in Mahavavy-Kinkony
Mahavavy-
Protected Area.
Kinkony
Protected Area)
Madagascar
Unknown
White-backed
Duck
