Vangas (Vangidae)

Red-shouldered Vanga (Calicalicus rufocarpalis) - HBW 14, p. 165

French: Calicalic à épaulettes German: Rotschultervanga Spanish: Vanga Hombrorrojo

Taxonomy: Calicalicus rufocarpalis Goodman, 1997, Tuléar [= Toliara], Toliara Province, south-west Madagascar.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus may be closest to Vanga, Cyanolanius, Schetba and Euryceros; recent cladistic analysis based on morphological characters, however, suggests that it may not belong in the present family, but could be closer to drongos (Dicruridae) and monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae). Monotypic.

Distribution: Toliara region, in SW Madagascar.