Few birds in Madagascar

[Margaret Joan Wharton <>]

I passed on to Greg Calvert, a biologist and birdwatcher from 
Townsville, the question about why there are so few readily accessible 
birds in Madagascar. He replied,  " I have also been birding in 
Madagascar. The reason that Madagascar has so few birds is that 90% of 
their forests have been burnt and chopped down and the remaining 10% is 
being hacked down as we speak."
Happy birding,
Joan Wharton  (Cherrybrook, Sydney)
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