sickle-billed vanga
falculea palliata latin

The Sickle-billed Vanga nests in groups and builds a large nest of sticks.

The Sickle-billed Vanga is notable for its long, curved bill used to probe into holes and cracks.

The nest is a simple scrape, usually in the old nest of another bird, especially the Sickle-billed Vanga.

The Sickle-billed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar, where it is found throughout the western side of the island.

It is thought that the Sickle-billed Vanga split from the White-headed Vanga around 1.1 million years ago.

Falculea palliata (Sickle-billed Vanga)

The Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata) is a species of bird in the vanga family Vangidae.

The Helmet Vanga is a large vanga, the second-largest species of vanga after the Sickle-billed Vanga.

Several species including Van Dam's Vanga and Sickle-billed Vanga can be found in the dry deciduous forests in the west of the island.

The Sickle-billed Vanga was described by Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in 1836, who also erected the genus Falculea to place it in.

The Sickle-billed Vanga is apparently a seasonal breeder, with the season running from October to January in Ankarafantsika National Park in the north western part of the island.

The Sickle-billed Vanga is a social species, particularly in the non-breeding season when it can travel in groups of up to thirty birds while foraging for food and form roosting groups of over fifty birds.

Other avafauna occurring here include Red-capped Coua and Coquerel's Coua, and the vangas Van Dam's Vanga, Rufous Vanga and Sickle-billed Vanga.

The Sickle-billed Vanga (Falculea palliata) is a species of bird in the vanga family Vangidae.