Vangas (Vangidae)
Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata) - HBW 14, p. 167
French: Falculie mantelée
German: Sichelschnabelvanga
Spanish: Vanga Piquicurvo
Other common names: Sicklebill, Falcule
Taxonomy: Falculea palliata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1836, Madagascar.
Recent molecular-genetic analysis indicates that genus may be closest to Oriolia, Xenopirostris and Artamella. Monotypic.
Distribution: N, W & S Madagascar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on a baobab fruit Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Josh Engel 13 October 2007 4 years ago 1 min 1 sec 4.1 -
Bird preening in a palm tree Locality Anjajavy, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Ian Hempstead 7 November 2011 1 year ago 38 sec 4 -
adult feeding on ants or termites from an arboreal nest, occasionally sweeping clean it's very impressive bill Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 5 September 2007 3 years ago 54 sec 4 -
A bird building a nest. Locality Ampijoroa Forest Station, Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 2 October 2011 45 weeks ago 32 sec 3.8 -
Bird moving about in a tree. Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 30 September 2011 46 weeks ago 18 sec 3 -
A close-up of a bird Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Thorsten Stegmann 29 September 2005 7 years ago 30 sec 3
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Bird on a trunk
Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
Dubi Shapiro 16 November 2010 2 years ago 4.6 -
foraging in tree at mid-day.
Locality Morondava, Toliara Province, Madagascar
Eric van Poppel 31 August 2008 41 weeks ago 4 -
Perched in the trees late in the day
Locality Ampijoroa Forest Station, Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
Lee Hunter 23 September 2012 11 weeks ago 3.9 -
One of a group of several birds.
Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (Monotypic species)
Paul Willoughby 3 October 2010 2 years ago 3.5 -
A bird in the birdpark of Walsrode
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Rainer Mönke 28 May 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 3 July 2010 1 year ago 2.8
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