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Red-shouldered Vanga
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Genus: Calicalicus

[edit] Description

Two species from Madagascar.
Both are rather small and have a tit-like appearance.

[edit] Taxonomy

Calicalicus is a genus in the family Vangidae.
A molecular-genetic analysis showed that it may be most closely related to Vanga, Cyanolanius, Schetba and Euryceros. However a cladistic analysis based on morphological characters suggest that it may not belong to the Vangas at all but could be closer to the Drongos and Monarch-flycatchers.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliott, and D Christie, eds. 2009. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 14: Bush-shrikes to Old World Sparrows. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553507

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