Rufous Vanga in Ankarafantsika NR in Northern Madagascar

If you are into birds and you go to Madagascar - you want to see Vangas! Andd we saw this one on our first jungle trek in Ankarafantsika NR.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

The Vangas are an awesome family, and they don't look like a family at all: every species looking totally different from its other family members. Posted 8 years ago
1. Barry
  
  Lion
  
  Which might suggest that they arrived on the island after it was separated and then diversified to fill unfilled niches. You see the same thing to a lesser extent on Hawaii. But in any case, a fascinating group, no? Posted 8 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Absolutely! And I think your theory makes sense, they must have been there for a long time to become this diverse. Posted 8 years ago

The Rufous vanga

The rufous vanga is a species of bird in the Vangidae family. It is monotypic within the genus ''Schetba''. It is endemic to Madagascar, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Similar species: Perching Birds

Species identified by Barry