Helmet Vanga posing in Masoala - II, Madagascar

Another rare moment in the Masoala forest where a Helmet Vanga poses without too many things blocking sight. A noisy shot, so I had to soften it quite a bit.

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travismorhardt

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A beautiful bird. The blue beak really contrasts with the orange shoulders on the wings. I like it! Posted 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
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  It is on the cover of main birding book of Madagascar, for its beauty and relative rarity. The vanga family of birds is really weird, they look so incredibly different from each other that you would not consider a family at all :) Posted 9 years ago

The Helmet vanga

The helmet vanga is a distinctive-looking bird of the vanga family, Vangidae, and is classified in its own genus, ''Euryceros''. It is mainly blue-black, with rufous wings and a huge arched blue bill. It is restricted to lowland and lower montane rainforests of northeastern Madagascar. Its diet is composed of invertebrates, predominantly insects.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Ferdy Christant