Hook-billed vanga

Hook-billed vanga
Vanga curvirostris nesting in Anjajavy Forest
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.

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