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The species Bluntschli's Vanga is possibly extinct. |
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Alternative name: Short-toed Nuthatch Vanga
- Hypositta perdita
Identification
Distribution
Formerly endemic to Madagascar. Now probably extinct. Known only from two juvenile specimens collected in 1931.
Taxonomy
May be conspecific with Nuthatch-Vanga. A new paper by Fjeldså, Mayr, Jønsson & Irestedt in 2013 concludes that the two specimens are in fact fledglings of White-throated Oxylabes.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and shrubland.
