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Highlights: Wildlife
Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable wildlife assemblages on earth. It is not a "chip off the old Africa block", rather it is a parallel world where strange and bizarre animals and plants have evolved. At every turn there is something that jolts the senses and challenges convention. In Madagascar, expect the unexpected.
Pitta-like Ground Roller (Atelornis pittoides) returning to its nest with food in beak. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.
Rainforest stream. Mid-altitude montane forest, Ranomafana National Park, south east Madagascar.
Rufous-headed Ground Roller (Atelornis crossleyi) on rainforest floor. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, eastern Madagascar.
Rufous-headed Ground Roller (Atelornis crossleyi). Marojejy National Park, north east Madagascar.
Sakalava Rail (Amaurornis olivieri) on floating reed mats. Lac Kinkony, western Madagascar. Endangered.
Sakalava Rail (Amaurornis olivieri) on floating reed mats. Lac Kinkony, western Madagascar. Endangered.
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus). From Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus). Forest understorey at night. Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus) camouflaged on dead leaves. From rainforest understory in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Satanic Leaf-tailed Geckos (Uroplatus phantasticus). From Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
Adult Scaly Ground Roller (Brachypteracias squamiger) (Vulnerable) with insect grub prey, returning to feed chicks in burrow nest in bank on forest floor. Mantadia National Park, Eastern Madagascar.
Adult Scaly Ground Roller (Brachypteracias squamiger) (Vulnerable) foraging on forest floor. Mantadia National Park, Eastern Madagascar.
