Black Vanga

Black Vanga
	Black Vanga
Systematics
Order :	Passerines (Passeriformes)
Subordination :	Songbirds (passeri)
Family :	Vanga shrike (Vangidae)
Subfamily :	Vanginae
Genre :	Oriolia
Type :	Black Vanga
Scientific name of the genus
	Oriolia
	I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire , 1838
Scientific name of the species
	Oriolia bernieri
	I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838

The black vanga , ( Oriolia bernieri ) is a passerine bird in the family of the vanga stranglers (Vangidae).

features

The black vanga is a 23 cm tall and 52–59 g heavy vanga strangler with a gray-white iris and a strong, pale beak. The male is dark bluish-black, the female is brown throughout with black stripes. The legs are dark gray.

behavior

Black vangas usually appear in mixed swarms "mixed flocks" together with other large vangas. The diet consists of insects , spiders, beetles and small vertebrates like geckos that are dug up in dead knotholes, under the bark and moss on branches. Black Vangas breed between September and December.

distribution and habitat

The black vanga belongs to the monotypic genus Oriolia and is endemic to Madagascar . It is native to the tropical and subtropical rainforest up to about 1000 m in the northeast of the country.

Hazardous situation

The stock is considered to be endangered ( Vulnerable ).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b F. Hawkins, R. Safford, A. Skerrett: Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. Helm Field Guides, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4
↑ ^a ^b Handbook of the Birds of the World
↑ IUCN Redlist Oriolia bernieri in the IUCN Red List, accessed on January 3, 2017.

Web links

Commons : Black Vanga ( Oriolia bernieri ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[Hawkins-1] A ^b F. Hawkins, R. Safford, A. Skerrett: Birds of Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands. Helm Field Guides, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4729-2409-4

[HBW-2] Handbook of the Birds of the World

[3] IUCN Redlist Oriolia bernieri in the IUCN Red List, accessed on January 3, 2017.