Vangas (Vangidae)

Lafresnaye's Vanga (Xenopirostris xenopirostris) - HBW 14, p. 166

French: Vanga de Lafresnaye German: Schmalschnabelvanga Spanish: Vanga de Lafresnaye

Taxonomy: Vanga xenopirostris Lafresnaye, 1850, Madagascar.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus may be closest to Oriolia, Falculea and Artamella. Monotypic.

Distribution: SW & S Madagascar from just N of R Mangoky S in subdesert biome to just E of Tôlanaro.