Madagascar Swamp Warbler

Madagascar Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus newtoni

Silhouette: Yves Hoebeke · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Antananarivo

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

193 Verified sightings at Antananarivo
187 In all 2 parks From 2019 to 2026
September Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Madagascar Swamp Warbler

The Madagascar swamp warbler (Acrocephalus newtoni) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae. It is found only in Madagascar. Its natural habitat is swamps. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:38

Madagascar · 2025

© Joost van Bruggen · XC1079483 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Call1:21

Madagascar · 2012

© Peter Boesman · XC762571 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:40

Madagascar · 2025

© Frank Lambert · XC1065606 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Mantadia National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%
2 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~10%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Antananarivo 🇲🇬 Madagascar
~20%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Madagascar Swamp Warbler in Antananarivo?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Swamp Warbler sighting in Antananarivo on a given day, based on 193 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 31st most-seen of the 69 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Madagascar Swamp Warbler in Antananarivo?

January and September–October

In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Madagascar Swamp Warbler in Antananarivo on a given day, against about 10% in June and August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Madagascar Swamp Warbler?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Madagascar Swamp Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Madagascar Swamp Warbler?

Only Antananarivo, in our data

Antananarivo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Madagascar Swamp Warbler sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Madagascar Swamp Warbler sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Madagascar Swamp Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Antananarivo (193 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.

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