Van Dam's vanga

Van Dam's vanga

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vangidae
Genus:	Xenopirostris
Species:	X. damii
Binomial name
*Xenopirostris damii* Schlegel, 1866

The Van Dam's vanga (Xenopirostris damii) is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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

External links

BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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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