25 okt Bussfärd med flera stop vid vattendrag och flyghönelokal. Sedan ankomst Zombitse NP. Mycket fin park, duktiga lokalguider och äntligen första lemurerna, så häftigt. Även lite nattdjur där vi bodde.

Atrophaneura anterior Swallowtail butterfly

Gulnäbbad glada Milvus aegyptius parasitus Yellow-billed kite

Svartvit kråka Corvus albus Pied crow

Skuggstork Scopus umbretta umbretta Hamerkop

Madagaskartornfalk Falco newtoni newtoni Madagascar Kestrel

Madagaskarflyghöna Pterocles personatus Madagascar Sandgrouse E

Furcifer oustaleti Oustalet's chameleon

dvärggecko

Jättekoua Coua gigas Giant coua E

Propithecus verreauxi Verreaux's sifaka

Phelsuma standingi Standings day gecko

Madagaskarbulbyl och tofsdrongo

Tofskoua Coua cristata Crested coua

Eulemur rufifrons Red fronted brown lemur

Vitribbad skymningssvärmare Hyles livornica

Furcifer oustaleti Oustalet's chameleon

Zombitse muslemur Microcebus griseorufus (ev murinus)

26 okt Morgontur till Zombitse, ännu en fin tur där vi såg mycket, bla lokalendemen Apperts tetraka efter mycket springande mellan de låga busksnåren där den gömde sig. Sen bar det av till Isalo NP (del 4).

Mindre vasapapegoja Coracopsis nigra nigra Black Parrot

Madagaskargrönduva Treron australis xenius Madagascar Green-Pigeon E

Livsblad Kalanchoe daigremontiana

Kurol Leptosomus discolor Madagascar cuckoo roller

Phromnia rosea Madagascan flatid leaf bug

Madagaskaruggla Athene superciliaris White-browed owl E

Verreaux's sifaka

Hubbard's vesslemaki Lepilemur hubbardorum Hubbard's Sportive Lemur

Död taggig näbbmus

Chalarodon madagascariensis Three-eyed lizard

Jättekoua

En fin orkidè, Angraecum sp?

Apperts tetraka Xanthomixis apperti Appert's Greenbul E

Vår guide Hasse med lokala guiderna

Från Wikipedia

Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park was established in 1997 and covers 363 km² of dry forest, marshes, and savannas. It is located on the southwest of Madagascar about 90km west of Isalo NP and 20km northeast of Sakaraha. The Park is divided into three different sections: Zombitse (168 km²), Vohibasia (161 km²) and Vohimena Isoky (32 km²). This National Park can personify the biggest environmental problem of Madagascar: deforestation. Hundreds of year of slash-and-burn agriculture and tree falling have turned the landscape into an arid and almost lifeless plateau. The local Bara and Mahafaly populations are zebu holders who need more and more space to feed their herds and grow rice and corn. Only a patch of protected forest remains nowadays in the middle of this devastation, giving shelter to an abundant fauna and flora biodiversity.

These isolated forests constitute the most important remnant of dry deciduous forest of Madagascar. Zombitse-Vohibasia acts as a transition zone between the dry and the humid forests of Madagascar. Therefore the flora is especially rich within the protected area. Baobabs and several orchids are particulary common.

The number of animal species living here is also remarkable. 15 small mammals, 2 carnivorous and 8 lemur species, such as the Verraux´s sifaka, red-fronted brown lemur, ring-tailed lemur, pale fork-marked lemur and the Hubbard´s sportive lemur can be observed here. Birds are also a park highlight. There are 85 species, most of them endemic like the rare Appert´s greenbul, which only lives in this forest. 33 reptile and 8 amphibian species have been reported in Zombitse, such as the Standing´s day gecko, which is also local endemic to the Park.

Apperts tetraka . Arten har ett mycket begränsat utbredningsområde där den endast är känd från fyra olika skogsområden. Världspopulationen uppskattas till mellan 600 och 1.700 vuxna individer och tros vara stabil när skogsavverkning avstannat i nationalparken Zombitse-Vohibasia. Internationella naturvårdsunionen IUCN kategoriserar den därför som sårbar (VU), men noterar att om den även visar sig minska i antal kommer den uppgraderas till starkt hotad .