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Genus: Hypositta
Description
This genus contains only one species, the Nuthatch-Vanga.
The claw of the first toe is elongated in this species.
Taxonomy
Hypositta is a genus in the family Vangidae. It's regarded as monotypic by most authorities. However, some accept Bluntschli's Vanga, only known by two specimens of juvenile birds, as second species, while others think they were aberrant Nuthatch Vangas.
This genus was in the past placed in a separate, monotypic family Hyposittidae or within the tits.
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| H. corallirostris | Nuthatch-Vanga | ||
References
- 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.
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Hypositta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Hypositta
Pages in category ‘Hypositta’
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
