360:. The latter, endemic to the eco-region is red and gold in color with patterns looking as if they were hand-painted. The baobab trees clinging to the Tsingy islands in the turquoise waters of Moramba Bay shape one of Madagascar's most spectacular and magical landscapes. These swollen giants have many outstanding qualities. They are the longest living flowering plants on earth - with some living up to 2,000 years. These trees are true survivors, withstanding terrible droughts and fierce storms, and they can grow on bare rock on sea isles. They can even live and grow wrapped around each other, as if in love. Every baobab has its own shape, its own character, its own story. It is therefore not surprising that these incredible trees are revered by the local people, and that some of them are held as sacred. People make offerings at the base of the baobab, such as
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392:) has given its name to the village. The root entanglement forming stilts or buttresses, the thick mud and the daily tidal action forms an excellent haven, nursery and larder for terrestrial and aquatic fauna. Hundreds of species of fish, shellfish, insects and birds depend on this habitat for food and shelter. In Anjajavy, the mangrove swamps protect the natural Reserve of dry deciduous forest as well as the Marine Reserve. This
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natural borders for the
Protected Area as well as practical transportation routes which allow for better exploration. In general, the mangroves also provide human beings with vital services; the pneumatophore roots help to stabilise the soft soils and to protect the coast line against erosion and natural catastrophes. On a global scale, these habitats capture carbon in their sediments, where it can remain for centuries. The
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simultaneously serves as a curtain of protection against strong and salty winds, a fire-wall, a damp buffer useful to the forest during the dry season and as filter against the turbidity of the coastal waters. The two rivers of mangroves on both sides of the
Anjajavy forest constitute excellent
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rivers flanking the
Anjajavy Forest form excellent natural borders to the Protected Area and convenient transportation routes to visit. The mangroves of Anjajavy comprise a great number of species of trees and shrubs adapted to salty water. One of them, the Jajavy
644:) called «Ankoay» in Malagasy, is a large bird of prey endemic to the coastal strip North-West of Madagascar. Various estimations place the number of remaining breeding pairs to be between 40 and 150. This bird may therefore be one of the rarest on
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is protected to the north and west by three wide, separate mangroves and their winding tidal channels. These wetland ecosystems are an example of the vital service nature provides to human beings on a global scale. The
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sp.) and the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). Since none of these nocturnal lemur populations have been researched by specialists, it is possible that some may represent new, undescribed species.
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of the mud constitute the point of origin of food supply chains which provide to the precious fish needed for the second economic source of
Anjajavy: the traditional fishing industry.
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The tsingy caves provide special habitat for the bats of this region, offering cool shelter. Probably the most common member of the chiroptera family locally is the
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Madagascar. The large island is home to seven species of baobabs, of which six are endemic. In Anjajavy, there is three species of baobabs: the Grey (
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Anjajavy are testimony to its great biological wealth, with no fewer than five critically
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both of which are completely wild but show no fear of humans gardens. Other, nocturnal lemurs of the
Anjajavy Forest include three species of mouse lemur (
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2190:Anjajavy reserve Check List on www.inaturalist.org
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983:Madagascar cuckoo shrike, ashy cuckoo shrike (
421:Coquerel's sifaka in the wild, Anjajavy Forest
254:has its own special community of plants. The
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2161:, Conservation International (2006)
2135:Anjajavy, the village and the forest
2033:Chameleon species present include:
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413:Fauna & Exceptional Biodiversity
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1909:Leioheterodon madagascariensis
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367:The Moramba Bay, the malagasy
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1503:Phylastephus madagascariensis
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2157:Russell Mittermeier et al.,
2084:Madagascan Big-Headed Turtle
1906:Madagascar hog-nosed snake (
1900:Acrantophis madagascariensis
995:Caprimulgus madagascariensis
785:White-faced whistling duck (
539:Daubentonia madagascariensis
292:(Malagasy name: ampoly) and
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1999:Dromicodryas quadrilineatus
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1716:Madagascar brush warbler (
1527:Lesser Allen's gallinule (
1356:Madagascar green sunbird (
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911:Madagascar squacco heron (
725:Accipiter madagascariensis
553:Commerson's leaf-nosed bat
500:Golden brown mouse lemur (
350:Adansonia madagascariensis
267:Adansonia madagascariensis
223:formations, which provide
1918:Sanzinia madagascariensis
1866:Reptiles & Amphibians
1419:Madagascar little grebe (
1338:Madagascar magpie robin (
1302:Madagascar cuckooroller (
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1073:Madagascar Namaqua dove (
686:Madagascar harrier hawk (
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2017:Heteroliodon accipitalis
1954:Langaha madagascariensis
1854:Zosterops maderaspatanus
1779:Madagascar buttonquail (
1446:Wedgetailed shearwater (
1368:Numida meleagris mitrata
1341:Copsychus albospecularis
1055:African openbill stork (
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839:Madagascar black swift (
776:Fulvous whistling duck (
722:Madagascar sparrowhawk (
713:Madagascar cuckoo hawk (
611:Halliaeetus vociferoides
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305:Vanilla madagascariensis
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1897:Madagascar ground boa (
1836:Cyanolanius madagascaru
1833:Madagascar blue vanga (
1734:Madagascar white ibis (
1557:Rostratula benghalensis
1554:Greater painted snipe (
1482:Madagascar sandgrouse (
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1404:Foudia madagascariensis
1377:Phalacrocorax Africanus
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815:Thalassornis leuconotus
752:Ispidina madagascariens
740:Madagascar kingfisher (
716:Aviceda madagascarienis
695:Frances's sparrowhawk (
662:Haliaeetus vociferoides
659:Madagascar fish eagle (
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557:Hipposideros commersoni
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503:Microcebus ravelobensis
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1653:Madagascar scops owl (
1626:Greater crested tern (
1437:Audubon's shearwater (
1431:Tachybaptus ruficollis
1332:Motacilla flaviventris
1311:Madagascar bee eater (
1287:Actphilornis albinucha
1064:Malagasy turtle dove (
1058:Anastomus lamelligerus
1040:Charadrius tricollaris
1028:White-fronted plover (
1001:Common ringed plover (
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1990:Dromicodryas bernieri
1942:White hognose snake (
1915:Madagascar tree boa (
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1788:Madagascar mannikin (
1737:Threskiornis bernieri
1680:Madagascar starling (
1635:Lesser crested tern (
1500:Long-billed tetraka (
1464:Greater vasa parrot (
1455:Greyheaded lovebird (
1422:Tachybaptus pelzelnii
1365:Helmeted guineafowl (
1226:Greater frigatebird (
1166:Himantopus himantopus
1037:Three-banded plover (
1031:Charadrius marginatus
992:Madagascar nightjar (
941:Nycticorax nycticorax
860:Zoonevena grandidieri
689:Polyboroides radiatus
631:critically endangered
627:Madagascar fish eagle
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509:Danfoss mouse lemur (
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358:Adansonia rubrostipa)
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2067:Brookesia ambreensis
2008:Mimophis mahfalensis
1981:Liophidium torquatum
1969:Sword tailed snake (
1936:Stenophis variabilis
1806:Sicklebilled vanga (
1770:Malagasy stonechat (
1746:Plegadis falcinellus
1710:Newtonia brunnecauda
1674:Acridotheres tristis
1509:Whitethroated rail (
1485:Pterocles personatus
1473:Lesser vasa parrot (
1440:Puffinus lherminieri
1395:Phoenicopterus minor
1329:Madagascar wagtail (
1314:Merops ciperciliosus
1235:Lesser frigatebird (
1181:Madagascar kestrel (
1094:Eurystomus glaucurus
1091:Broadbilled roller (
1076:Oena capensis aliena
1046:Greater sandplover (
1022:Charadrius pecuarius
1013:Pluvialis squatarola
1004:Charadrius hiaticula
830:African palm swift (
698:Accipiter francesiae
668:Madagascar buzzard (
527:Common brown lemur (
261:Adansonia rubrostipa
153:, five of the eight
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1972:Ithycyphus perineti
1827:Leptopterus chabert
1818:Leptopterus viridis
1815:Whiteheaded vanga (
1797:Madagascar hoopoe (
1752:African spoonbill (
1728:Lophotibis cristata
1611:Calidris ferruginea
1548:Gallinula chloropus
1539:Porphyrio porphyrio
1536:Purple gaillinule (
1491:Madagascar bulbul (
1350:Nectarnia souimanga
1347:Souimanga sunbird (
1305:Leptosomus discolor
1284:Madagascar jacana (
1208:Eleonora's falcon (
1163:Blackwinged stilt (
1157:Dicrurus forficatus
1118:Madagascar coucal (
1067:Nesoenas picturatus
1019:Kittlitz's plover (
947:Greenbecked heron (
884:Great white egret (
788:Dendrocygna viduata
779:Dendrocygna bicolor
677:Yellowbilled kite (
607:Malagasy Fish Eagle
512:Microcebus danfossi
494:Cheirogaleus medius
482:Coquerel's sifaka (
2076:Brookesia stumpffi
2040:Furcifer oustaleti
1951:Leaf nose snake (
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1842:Hookbilled vanga (
1782:Turnix nigricollis
1638:Sterne bengalensis
1608:Curlew sandpiper (
1584:Actitis hypoleucos
1581:Common sandpiper (
1512:Dryolimnas cuvieri
1449:Puffinus pacificus
1323:Terpsiphone mutata
1278:Fregetta grallaria
1257:Mascarene martin (
1190:Peregrine falcon (
950:Butorides striatus
932:Ixobrychus minutus
812:Whitebacked duck (
767:Blue-billed teal (
761:Anas erythorhyncha
743:Alcedo vintsioides
671:Buteo brachypterus
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521:Microcebus murinus
518:Gray mouse lemur (
476:Lepilemur edwardsi
455:common brown lemur
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354:Adansonia digitata
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279:Terminalia catappa
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2049:Furcifer pardalis
2037:Giant chameleon (
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1707:Common newtonia (
1701:Cisticola cherina
1689:Redfooted booby (
1683:Aruaubius auratus
1590:Terek sandpiper (
1572:Eurasian curlew (
1566:Numenius phaeopus
1530:Porphyrula alleni
1410:Sakalava weaver (
1401:Madagascar fody (
1392:Lesser flamingo (
1386:Coturnix coturnix
1359:Nectarinia notata
1260:Phedina borbonica
1247:Glareola ocularis
1202:Falco zonoventris
1145:Coquerel's coua (
974:Humblot's heron (
959:Egretta ardesiaca
923:Ardeola ralloides
887:Casmerodius albus
875:Dimorphic egret (
794:Knobbilled duck (
731:Madagascar lark (
707:Accipiter henstii
704:Henst's goshawk (
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1773:Saxicola sibilla
1764:Neomixis tenella
1647:Sterne suandersi
1644:Suanders stern (
1575:Numenius arquata
1545:Common moorhen (
1476:Coracopsis Nigra
1413:Ploceus sakalava
1374:Reed cormorant (
1296:Sterna dougallii
1269:Fregetta tropica
1199:Banded kestrel (
1193:Falco Peregrinus
1154:Crested drongo (
1136:Redcapped coua (
1121:Centropus toulou
1085:Treron Australis
986:Coracina cinerea
929:Little bittern (
878:Egretta dimorpha
833:Cypsiurus parvus
821:African darter (
806:Nettapus auritus
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1719:Nesillas typica
1620:Scopus umbretta
1521:Porzana pusilla
1518:Baillon crake (
1467:Coracopsis vasa
1293:Roseate stern (
1220:Falcon concolor
1211:Falco eleonorae
893:Goliath héron (
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105:Narinda Bay
2234:Categories
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2118:References
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536:Aye-Aye (
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2101:See also
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171:reptiles
144:endemism
120:outcrops
59:Antonibe
48:mangrove
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240:orchid
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155:tenrec
151:genera
109:tsingy
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248:aloes
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209:fauna
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