#787: Vanga

The Vanga Family are unique to Madagascar and are comprised of 22 species. Although related, the species range in size from 12-32 cm, and show diversity in beak shape. Many have shorter, sharp beaks and closely resemble shrikes. Others, like this hook-billed vanga and the aptly named sickle-billed vanga, are distinctively different. Habitat ranges too, with species adapted to rainforest and dry forest. Most feed on invertebrates: worms, millipedes and occasionally small vertebrates, although two species favour fruit.

This fellow is a helmeted vanga:

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