Vangidae

Vanga curvirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malaconotoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Corvides Superfamilia: Malaconotoidea

Familia: Vangidae
Genera (21): Artamella – Bias – Calicalicus – Cyanolanius – Euryceros – Falculea – Hemipus – Hypositta – Leptopterus – Megabyas – Mystacornis – Newtonia – Oriolia – Philentoma – Prionops – Pseudobias – Schetba – Tephrodornis – Tylas – Vanga – Xenopirostris

Name

Vangidae Swainson, 1831

• Typus: Vanga Vieillot, 1816

Synonymy

• Prionopidae Bonaparte, 1853
• Tephrodornithidae (informal?)

References

Primary references

• Swainson, W. Northern Zoology. Part II Aves. In: Swainson, W. & Richardson, J. 1831. Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part Second, The Birds. pp. 1–523. John Murray. London DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39293 p. 171 "Vangae" BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fuchs, J., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, J., Couloux, A., Pasquet, E. & Bowie, R.C.K. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of African bush-shrikes and allies: Tracing the biogeographic history of an explosive radiation of corvoid birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(1): 93–105 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.03.007 Article Reference page. 
• Reddy, S., Driskell, A.C., Rabosky, D.L., Hackett, S.J. & Schulenberg, T.S. 2012. Diversification and the adaptive radiation of the vangas of Madagascar. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 1735 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2380 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Jønsson, K.A., Fabre, P.-H., Fritz, S.A., Etienne, R.S., Ricklefs, R.E., Jørgensen, T.B., Fjeldså, J., Rahbek, C., Ericson, P.G.P., Woog, F., Pasquet, E. & Irestedt, M. 2012. Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas. PNAS 109(17): 6620–6625 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115835109 Reference page. 
• Jønsson, K.A., Fabre, P.-H., Kennedy, J.D., Holt, B.G., Borregaard, M.K., Rahbek, C. & Fjeldså, J. 2016. A supermatrix phylogeny of corvoid passerine birds (Aves: Corvides). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(A): 87–94 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.020 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vangawürger
English: Vanga
日本語: オオハシモズ科
Nederlands: Vanga's
中文: 钩嘴鵙科

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