Review of Madagascar’s wildfowl 17
©Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
Wildfowl
(2013) 63: 5–23
9 Mandrozo Wetlands
2049
2012
15,145
Western
Madagascar Teal *50+ (
e.g.
67 in 1998;
Permanent freshwater lake
(17°32’27”S
BirdLife 2013)
surrounded by marshes, irrigated
044°05’47”E)
rice farms, portions of dried
Madagascar
Unknown
forests, and savannah lands.
White-backed
Duck
10 Kirindy Mitea
72,000
Western
Madagascar Teal *25+
Dry forest with areas of spiny
National Park
(20 on Lake Andio in
forest, shallow seasonal lakes,
(20°49’S 044°13’E)
Oct 2004; Durrell
dunes and mangroves.
unpubl. data)
11 Ranomafana
41,601
Eastern
Meller’s Duck *10+
Rainforest including numerous
National Park
Pairs seen in NP and
forested streams and adjacent
(21°13’S 047°48’E)
groups at nearby
marsh.
Vohiparara marshes
12 Zahamena National
64,370
Eastern
Meller’s Duck *10+ (Durrell unpubl.
Rainforest including numerous
Park
data)
forested streams.
(17°30’S 048°41’E)
13 Bemanevika New
37,041
Eastern
Meller’s Duck *25+ (Durrell unpubl.
Rainforest including small crater
Protected Area
data)
lakes and marshes.
(14°22’S 048°32’E)
Madagascar
*20–25 (Safford &
Pochard³
Hawkins 2013)
1
Ramsar 2013;
2
Wilmé 1996;
3
site holds the entire known world population of Madagascar Pochard.
