Madagascar Ramsar wetland
Lake Kinkony
80 bird species recorded; the most from October to November.
Anai171 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.3 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.27 species in June.46 species in July.26 species in August.52 species in September.68 species in October.64 species in November.44 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
80 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 80Speciesrecorded more than once
- 25Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,255Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 5Raptors
- 5Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 20Songbirds
- 22Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 80 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Madagascan BuzzardButeo brachypterus
- Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatus
- Madagascar KestrelFalco newtoni
- Sooty FalconFalco concolorVU
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinucha
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Humblot's HeronArdea humbloti
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieri
- Madagascar pond heronArdeola idae
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Madagascar GrebeTachybaptus pelzelnii
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNT
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Madagascar Swamp-warblerAcrocephalus newtoni
- Madagascar Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Lemuresthes nanaLemuresthes nana
- Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris
- Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
- Madagascar Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
- Madagascan CisticolaCisticola cherina
- Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
- Madagascar Magpie-robinCopsychus albospecularis
- Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common JeryNeomixis tenella
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Hook-billed VangaVanga curvirostris
- SicklebillFalculea palliata
- Chabert's VangaLeptopterus chabert
- Malagasy Green SunbirdCinnyris notatus
Other birds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Malagasy palm swiftCypsiurus gracilis
- Sakalava railAmaurornis olivieri
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Madagascar Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatus
- Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Madagascar KingfisherCorythornis vintsioides
- Cuvier's RailDryolimnas cuvieri
- Grey-headed LovebirdAgapornis canus
- Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Lesser Vasa ParrotCoracopsis nigraVU
- Madagascar Green-pigeonTreron australis
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Madagascar SwiftApus balstoni
- Greater Vasa ParrotCoracopsis vasa
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Madagascar HoopoeUpupa marginata
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from October to November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/25°481 mm
- Feb29°/25°281 mm
- Mar30°/25°205 mm
- Apr30°/24°74 mm
- May29°/22°17 mm
- Jun29°/20°15 mm
- Jul29°/19°21 mm
- Aug30°/20°13 mm
- Sep32°/22°15 mm
- Oct33°/24°33 mm
- Nov33°/25°125 mm
- Dec31°/25°239 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Kinkony.
Lake in Madagascar
Lake Kinkony is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Madagascar.
80 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,255 open records.
The most recorded are the Great White Egret, the White-faced Whistling-duck and the Glossy Ibis.
14 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser Vasa Parrot, Sooty Falcon and Curlew Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from October to November.
Get there and watch
- Amborovy Airport (MJN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 77 km in a straight lineCar hire at TNR airport (Antananarivo)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Kinkony.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmLake KinkonyBortle 1 · this place
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake Kinkony
Madagascar
- 49Birdyas Score
- 80Species
- 25Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1105705) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,255 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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