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White-headed vanga
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. [3]

Taxonomy and systematics

Former Species

Formerly, some authorities also considered the black-and-crimson oriole to be a species within the genus Artamella. [4]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Artamella viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22708037A94146940. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22708037A94146940.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "ITIS Report: Artamella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Artamella viridis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Oriolus cruentus - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.