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Sickle-billed Vanga in Ifaty, Madagascar We were very lucky for this active bird, the largest of vangas, to sit still right above us in the Spiny Forest. This concerns an insect-eating, very social bird that uses its strange bill to scoop insects from tree holes. It's like the wood pecker of Madagascar, without the pecking. Falculea palliata,Ifaty,Madagascar,Sickle-billed Vanga,Spiny Forest Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Sickle-billed Vanga in Ifaty, Madagascar

We were very lucky for this active bird, the largest of vangas, to sit still right above us in the Spiny Forest. This concerns an insect-eating, very social bird that uses its strange bill to scoop insects from tree holes. It's like the wood pecker of Madagascar, without the pecking.

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The sickle-billed vanga is a species of bird in the vanga family Vangidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Falculea''. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are tropical dry forests and tropical dry shrubland.

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 14, 2013. Captured Sep 13, 2012 07:28.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/500s
  • ISO220
  • 500mm