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Vangidae
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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. The family contains 40 species divided into 21 genera.
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Vangidae is a family of birds within the order Passeriformes, commonly known as passerines. The family belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. Its taxonomic synonym is Tephrodornithidae, and it is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. The Norwegian common name for the group is hjelmvarslerfamilien.
Records of this family are held by institutions including CLO and MNHN. Specimens have been documented in Madagascar and Gabon. The family has 61,825 occurrence records and 10 associated records with 20 media items.
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyVangidae
オオハシモズ科（オオハシモズか、学名 Vangidae） は、鳥類スズメ目の科である。マダガスカルモズ科とも。オオハシモズ（大嘴鵙）と呼ばれる。 全種がマダガスカル島に生息し、1種を除き固有種である（ルリイロマダガスカルモズ Cyanolanius madagascarinus はコモロ諸島にも生息する）。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Vangidae
- Collections
- CLO, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Gabon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- passerines
- Image
- Artamie.a.tete.blanche1.jpg
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- Vangidae
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- family
- taxon name
- Vangidae
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Vangidae
- Commons gallery
- Vangidae
- taxon synonym
- Tephrodornithidae
- taxon common name
- hjelmvarslerfamilien
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Distribution and habitat
- Behaviour
- Status and conservation
- Species list
- References
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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. The family contains 40 species divided into 21 genera.
== Taxonomy == In addition to the small set of Malagasy species traditionally called the vangas, Vangidae includes some Asian groups: the woodshrikes (Tephrodornis), flycatcher-shrikes (Hemipus) and philentomas.
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