We have homely genera, even among the true Passeres, occurring there - such as Alauda, Acrocephalus, Motacilla and Pratincola, while the Cisticola madagascariensis is only distinguishable from the well-known fan-tailed warbler, C. schoenicola of Europe, Africa and India by its rather darker coloration.
alpinus or mutus), the lark, the snowbunting (Plectrophanes nivalis), two or three species of Sylvia, one Phylloscopus and a Motacilla must be added.