Red-shouldered Vanga

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Red-shouldered Vanga
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Vangidae
Genus: Calicalicus
Species: C. rufocarpalis
Binomial name
Calicalicus rufocarpalis
Goodman, Hawkins & Domergue, 1997

The Red-shouldered Vanga Calicalicus rufocarpalis is a member of the vanga family endemic to south-west Madagascar.

This species is notable for being the last species viewed by internationally renown bird watcher Phoebe Snetsinger before her tragic 1999 death in Madagascar.

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