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Where does the Red Fody live?

Foudia madagascariensis has 28,854 records in 19 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from Madagascar.

Red Fody
Red Fody — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesPloceidaeFoudia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18752026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Madagascar 12,877
Réunion 8,652
Seychelles 3,652
Mauritius 2,757
British Indian Ocean Territory 250
Saint Helena 177
Mayotte 142
Comoros 141
Moldova 139
United Kingdom 27
ZZ 26
United States 4
French Southern Territories 3
Netherlands 2
United Arab Emirates 1
Bahrain 1
Brazil 1
Switzerland 1
Italy 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.