White-headed vanga

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White-headed vanga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Artamella
W.L. Sclater, 1924
Species:
A. viridis
Binomial name
Artamella viridis
(Müller, 1776)
Synonyms

Leptopteryx viridis

The white-headed vanga (Artamella viridis) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. It is monotypic within the genus Artamella. [2] It is endemic to Madagascar, [1] where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. [1]

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Taxonomy and systematics

Former Species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the black-and-crimson oriole to be a species within the genus Artamella. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International. (2025). "Artamella viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025 e.T22708037A280905071. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T22708037A280905071.en . Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "Artamella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Oriolus cruentus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.


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