Current view: Text account
Site description (2001 baseline):
Site location and context
Marotandrano Special Reserve is located south of the town of Marotandrano, 4 km south of Mandritsara. The main rivers which rise in the area are the Amboaboa, Andranokelilalina and Andramy, which flow to the Indian Ocean, and the Vatolahy and Mahatsara, which flow to the Mozambique Channel. The vegetation is mid-altitude, dense, humid evergreen forest, lying at the western limit of such habitat. Trees of
Tambourissa,
Dalbergia,
Onchostemum and
Canarium dominate the upper layer, while the mid-stratum is characterized by tree-ferns, bamboo-lianas and palms. On the ridges, the lower vegetation layer is dense and characterized by thick grass clumps.
See Box and Tables 2 and 3 for key species. Among the 76 recorded species, two are little known—
Eutriorchis astur and
Tyto soumagnei—and 49 are endemic to Madagascar.
Non-bird biodiversity: 1>Lemurs: Eulemur rubriventer (VU), Varecia variegata variegata (EN), Propithecus diadema diadema (EN), Indri indri (EN).
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Slash-and-burn cultivation and hunting of lemurs are likely to constitute threats. However, the forest remains mostly intact.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Marotandrano Special Reserve (Madagascar). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/marotandrano-special-reserve-iba-madagascar on 26/01/2025.
