Foudia madagascariensis
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The red fody (Foudia madagascariensis), also known as the Madagascar fody in Madagascar, red cardinal fody in Mauritius, or common fody, is a small bird native to Madagascar and introduced to various other islands in the Indian Ocean. It is a common bird within its restricted range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the red fody in his Ornithologie based on a specimen collected in Madagascar. He used the French name Le cardinal de Madagascar and the Latin Cardinalis Madagascariensis. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in 1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his Systema Naturae for the twelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the red fody. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the binomial name Loxia madagascariensis and cited Brisson's work. This species is now placed in the genus Foudia that... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mantadia National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 2 | Berenty Reserve | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 3 | Ranomafana National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | |
| 4 | Ankarafantsika National Park | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antananarivo | 🇲🇬 Madagascar |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pairi Daiza | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 2 | Leipzig Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 3 | Zürich Zoo | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 4 | Parc des oiseaux | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Bronx Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Chester Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 7 | Cotswold Wildlife Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Warsaw Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 9 | Zoologischer Garten Leipzig | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 10 | Wildlands | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 11 | Tiergarten Straubing | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | herpetarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 13 | akwarium warszawskiego ZOO | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 14 | Löbbecke Museum und Aquazoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Wolfgang-Köhler-Primaten-Forschungszentrum | 🇩🇪 Germany |
Very likely
About 90% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Fody sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 1,289 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the most-seen of the 69 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month over 90% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Fody in Antananarivo on a given day, against about 80% in May and October, the lowest months. That is one of Antananarivo's wettest months, with about 390 mm of rain against 45 mm in September.
Between 6 and 9 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Madagascar Fody sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Antananarivo, in our data
Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Madagascar Fody sightings: about 90% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Madagascar Fody is recorded against all the birds logged in Antananarivo (1,289 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
