This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
This region is notable not just for the high number of endemic species, but for endemism in higher-level taxonomic groupings too.
Two orders are endemic to Madagascar or the wider region:
The following three families are endemic to Madagascar:
One other family is endemic to the wider region:
In Madagascar , the total wealth of known terrestrial is about 5,800 species (and 2,500 pending description), and 86percent are endemic to the island.
The following is a list of species endemic to Madagascar.
Note that:
The following is a list of species endemic to other islands.
There are native Madagascar turtle doves in the Aldabra group (separate races from those found on Madagascar); they may represent a separate species.
The following is a list of species which are not endemic to a specific island (or island group) but are endemic to the region as a whole.
The following is a list of species endemic to the region as breeding species:
Two Western Palearctic falcons winter entirely (Eleonora's falcon) or mainly (sooty falcon) on Madagascar.