Hook-billed vanga

Hook-billed vanga

Vanga curvirostris nesting in Anjajavy Forest
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vangidae
Genus:	Vanga Vieillot, 1816
Species:	V. curvirostris
Binomial name
*Vanga curvirostris* (Linnaeus, 1766)

The hook-billed vanga (Vanga curvirostris) is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Vanga curvirostris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

Vangas (order: Passeriformes · family: Vangidae)

Genus	Species

Calicalicus	Red-tailed vanga Red-shouldered vanga

Schetba	Rufous vanga

Vanga	Hook-billed vanga

Xenopirostris	Lafresnaye's vanga Van Dam's vanga Pollen's vanga

Falculea	Sickle-billed vanga

Artamella	White-headed vanga

Leptopterus	Chabert vanga

Cyanolanius	Blue vanga (including Comoro blue vanga)

Oriolia	Bernier's vanga

Euryceros	Helmet vanga

Tylas	Tylas vanga

Hypositta	Nuthatch vanga (or coral-billed nuthatch-vanga)

Newtonia	Dark newtonia Common newtonia Archbold's newtonia Red-tailed newtonia

Mystacornis	Crossley's vanga

Pseudobias	Ward's flycatcher

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