Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Vangidae
The family Vangidae (from vanga, Malagasy for the hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris) comprises a group of often shrike-like medium-sized birds distributed from Asia to Africa, including the vangas of Madagascar to which the family owes its name. Many species in this family were previously classified elsewhere in other families. Recent molecular techniques made it possible to assign these species to Vangidae, thereby solving several taxonomic enigmas. The family contains 40 species divided into 21 genera.
21 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 40 known species
Woodshrikes
genusTephrodornis
Helmetshrikes
genusPrionops
Flycatcher-shrikes
genusHemipus
Philentomas
genusPhilentoma
Newtonias
genusNewtonia
Leptopterus
genusLeptopterus
Bias
genusBias
Tit-like Vangas
genusCalicalicus
Blue Vangas
genusCyanolanius
Vanga
genusVanga
Falculea
genusFalculea
Schetba
genusSchetba
Artamella
genusArtamella
Tylas
genusTylas
Black-headed Vangas
genusXenopirostris
Pseudobias
genusPseudobias
Euryceros
genusEuryceros
Megabyas
genusMegabyas
Hypositta
genusHypositta
Mystacornis
genusMystacornis
Oriolia
genusOriolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71374.