Family
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Vangidae
40 species with a page on Motmot.
Order: Passeriformes
The family Vangidae (from vanga, Malagasy for the hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris) comprises a group of often shrike-like medium-sized birds distributed from Asia to Africa, including the vangas of Madagascar to which the family owes its name. Many species in this family were previously classified elsewhere in other families. Recent molecular techniques made it possible to assign these species to Vangidae, thereby solving several taxonomic enigmas.
Species in this family
- White-headed Vanga Artamella viridis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Red-tailed Vanga Calicalicus madagascariensis
- Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis
- Comoro Blue Vanga Cyanolanius comorensis
- Madagascar Blue Vanga Cyanolanius madagascarinus
- Helmet Vanga Euryceros prevostii
- Sickle-billed Vanga Falculea palliata
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Nuthatch-Vanga Hypositta corallirostris
- Chabert Vanga Leptopterus chabert
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Crossley's Vanga Mystacornis crossleyi
- Dark Newtonia Newtonia amphichroa
- Archbold's Newtonia Newtonia archboldi
- Common Newtonia Newtonia brunneicauda
- Red-tailed Newtonia Newtonia fanovanae
- Bernier's Vanga Oriolia bernieri
- Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera
- Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velata
- Yellow-crested Helmetshrike Prionops alberti
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Angola Helmetshrike Prionops gabela
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- Ward's Vanga Pseudobias wardi
- Rufous Vanga Schetba rufa
- Sri Lanka Woodshrike Tephrodornis affinis
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Malabar Woodshrike Tephrodornis sylvicola
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Tylas Vanga Tylas eduardi
- Hook-billed Vanga Vanga curvirostris
- Van Dam's Vanga Xenopirostris damii
- Pollen's Vanga Xenopirostris polleni
- Lafresnaye's Vanga Xenopirostris xenopirostris
Lookalikes compared
- African Shrike-flycatcher vs Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike vs Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike vs Rufous-winged Philentoma
- Common Woodshrike vs Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Common Woodshrike vs Rufous-winged Philentoma
- Dark Newtonia vs Tylas Vanga
- Hook-billed Vanga vs Helmet Vanga
- Large Woodshrike vs Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Large Woodshrike vs Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
- Nuthatch-Vanga vs Crossley's Vanga
- Red-billed Helmetshrike vs Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike
- White-crested Helmetshrike vs Retz's Helmetshrike