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The vangas are a group of little-known small to medium-sized passerine
Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders:...
 bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s restricted to Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
. Their relationship with other passerine groups is uncertain, but they seem most closely related to several other enigmatic African groups, such as helmetshrike
Helmetshrike

The helmetshrikes are smallish passerine bird species. These birds were included with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, later on split between several presumably closely related groups such as bushshrikes and cuckoo-shrikes , but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Prionopidae....
s (Fuchs et al., 2004). Several of these species (including Van Dam's, Rufous and Sickle-billed) can be found in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests
Madagascar dry deciduous forests

The Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion generally situated in the western part of Madagascar....
.

They are usually shrike-like
Shrike

Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of thirty one species in three genus. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for butcher, and some shrikes were also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits....
, arboreal forest birds, feeding on reptiles, frogs and insects (but see below).






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The vangas are a group of little-known small to medium-sized passerine
Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders:...
 bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s restricted to Madagascar
Madagascar

Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
. Their relationship with other passerine groups is uncertain, but they seem most closely related to several other enigmatic African groups, such as helmetshrike
Helmetshrike

The helmetshrikes are smallish passerine bird species. These birds were included with the true shrikes in the family Laniidae, later on split between several presumably closely related groups such as bushshrikes and cuckoo-shrikes , but are now considered sufficiently distinctive to be separated from that group as the family Prionopidae....
s (Fuchs et al., 2004). Several of these species (including Van Dam's, Rufous and Sickle-billed) can be found in the Madagascar dry deciduous forests
Madagascar dry deciduous forests

The Madagascar dry deciduous forests represent a tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests ecoregion generally situated in the western part of Madagascar....
.

They are usually shrike-like
Shrike

Shrikes are passerine birds of the family Laniidae. The family is composed of thirty one species in three genus. The family name, and that of the largest genus, Lanius, is derived from the Latin word for butcher, and some shrikes were also known as "butcher birds" because of their feeding habits....
, arboreal forest birds, feeding on reptiles, frogs and insects (but see below). Vangas' stick nests are built in trees. They do not migrate
Bird migration

Bird migration refers to the regular seasonal journeys undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather....
.

Species list

Though vangas were traditionally believed to be a small family of generally shrike-like birds, recent research has revealed that several taxa most similar in appearance and habits (and formerly considered to be) flycatcher
Flycatcher

There are various families of bird termed flycatchers:* The Old World flycatchers, Muscicapidae* The Tyrant-flycatchers, Tyrannidae* The Monarch flycatchers, Dicruridae...
s or Old World babbler
Old World babbler

The Old World babblers or timaliids are a large family of mostly Old World passerine birds. They are rather diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage....
s are in fact vangas (Cibois et al. 1999, 2001; Yamagishi et al., 2001; Schulenberg, 2003).

FAMILY: VANGIDAE
  • Genus: Calicalicus
    • Red-tailed Vanga
      Red-tailed Vanga

      The Red-tailed Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
             Calicalicus madagascariensis
    • Red-shouldered Vanga
      Red-shouldered Vanga

      The Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis is a member of the vanga family endemic to south-west Madagascar.This species is notable for being the last species viewed by internationally renown bird watcher Phoebe Snetsinger before her tragic 1999 death in Madagascar....
             Calicalicus rufocarpalis
  • Genus: Schetba
    • Rufous Vanga
      Rufous Vanga

      The Rufous Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Schetba.It is Endemism to Madagascar....
       Schetba rufa
  • Genus: Vanga
    • Hook-billed Vanga
      Hook-billed Vanga

      The Hook-billed Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
             Vanga curvirostris
  • Genus: Xenopirostris
    • Lafresnaye's Vanga
      Lafresnaye's Vanga

      The Lafresnaye's Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
       Xenopirostris xenopirostris
    • Van Dam's Vanga
      Van Dam's Vanga

      The Van Dam's Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
       Xenopirostris damii
    • Pollen's Vanga
      Pollen's Vanga

      The Pollen's Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
       Xenopirostris polleni
  • Genys: Falculea
    • Sickle-billed Vanga
      Sickle-billed Vanga

      The Sickle-billed Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Falculea.It is Endemism to Madagascar....
             Falculea palliata
  • Genus: Artamella'
    • White-headed Vanga
      White-headed Vanga

      The White-headed Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Artamella.It is Endemism to Madagascar....
       Artamella viridis
  • Genus: Leptopterus
    • Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert
  • Genus: Cyanolanius
    • Blue Vanga
      Blue Vanga

      The Blue Vanga is a bird species in the family Vangidae. It is in the monotypic genus Cyanolanius. The taxon comorensis, by most authorities considered a subspecies of the Blue Vanga, has occasionally been considered a separate species, the Comoro Blue Vanga ....
       Cyanolanius madagascarinus
      • Comoro Blue Vanga Cyanolanius (madagascarinus) comorensis.
  • Genus: Oriolia
    • Bernier's Vanga
      Bernier's Vanga

      The Bernier's Vanga is a bird species in the family Vangidae. It is in the monotypic genus Oriolia.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
       Oriolia bernieri
  • Genus: Euryceros
    • Helmet Vanga
      Helmet Vanga

      The Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii is a distinctive-looking bird of the vanga family, Vangidae, with a huge arched blue bill. It is the only member of its genus....
             Euryceros prevostii
  • Genus: Tylas
    • Tylas Vanga
      Tylas Vanga

      The Tylas Vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tylas.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
       Tylas eduardi
  • Genus: Hypositta
    • Coral-billed Nuthatch-vanga Hypositta corallirostris
    • Short-toed Nuthatch-vanga Hypositta perdita - taxonomic status questionable.
  • Genus: Newtonia
    • Dark Newtonia
      Dark Newtonia

      The Dark Newtonia is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Newtonia amphichroa
    • Common Newtonia
      Common Newtonia

      The Common Newtonia is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Newtonia brunneicauda
    • Archbold's Newtonia
      Archbold's Newtonia

      The Archbold's Newtonia is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
      , Newtonia archboldi
    • Red-tailed Newtonia
      Red-tailed Newtonia

      The Red-tailed Newtonia is a species of bird in the Vangidae family.It is Endemism to Madagascar.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
      , Newtonia fanovanae
  • Genus: Mystacornis
    • Crossley's Babbler-vanga, Mystacornis crossleyi
  • Genus: Pseudobias
    • Ward's Flycatcher-vanga, Pseudobias wardi


External links

  • on the Internet Bird Collection