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Common Name

Sickle Billed Vanga

Alternate Names

Common Type

Vanga

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Vangidae

Genus

Falculea

Species

palliata

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Madagascar 1,

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Tropical dry forests and dry shrubland

Distribution and Range

Endemic to Madagascar

Food

Insects, spiders, miliedes and small reptiles.

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Field Notes:

Will probe their long bill deep into holes and use it to lever off bark to get at concealed prey, occupying part of the niche usually filled by woodpeckers, which are absent from Madagascar

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