Hook-billed Vanga
Vanga curvirostris(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Hook-billed Vanga
The Hook-billed Vanga (Vanga curvirostris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Vangidae (Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Vanga curvirostris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hook-billed Vanga
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Vanga curvirostris curvirostris
- Vanga curvirostris cetera
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lanius curvirostris
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Madagascar. Type locality restricted to Fort Dauphin by Stresemann, 1952, Ibis, p. 505.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.135
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Comoro Blue Vanga
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Ward's Vanga
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Helmet Vanga
Euryceros prevostii
Rufous Vanga
Schetba rufa
Pollen's Vanga
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Lafresnaye's Vanga
Xenopirostris xenopirostris
Van Dam's Vanga
Xenopirostris damii
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