Alternative name: Fanovana Newtonia
- Newtonia fanovanae
Identification
12cm. A small, slim-billed and warbler-like Vanga:
- Ashy-grey top and side of head, contrasting with greyish-brown mantle, scapulars and rump
- Light tawny-rufous uppertail-coverts
- Greyish-brown upperwing (slightly darker on primaries)
- Conspicuous pale panel on secondaries
- Rufous-brown tail with duller brown inner boarders and tips
- White chin, throat and underparts, breast side and flanks with cinnamon-buff wash
- Reddish-brown to dark-brown eye
- Blackish bill
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Endemic to eastern Madagascar from Marojejy south to Andohahela.
Until 1989 only know from two specimens, then rediscovered. Only patchily distributed and most of its habitat is under severe threat.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Tall, humid evergreen forest. Occurs from 300 to 800m, rarely higher.
Behaviour
Feeds on insects.
Usually seen in mixed-species flocks.
No information about breeding.
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 Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2006. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11: Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8496553064
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Red-tailed Newtonia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-tailed_Newtonia
