Calicalicus | |
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Red-tailed vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Vangidae |
Genus: | Calicalicus Bonaparte, 1854 |
Type species | |
Lanius madagascariensis[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Species | |
C. madagascariensis |
Calicalicus is a genus of bird in the family Vangidae. It contains two species,[2] both of which are endemic to Madagascar:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Calicalicus madagascariensis | Red-tailed vanga | Madagascar. | |
Calicalicus rufocarpalis | Red-shouldered vanga | south-west Madagascar |
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the red-tailed vanga as the type species.[4] The name Calicalicus is from the Malagasy word Cali-cali reported by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for the male red-tailed vanga.[5]