Calicalicus Explained
Calicalicus is a genus of bird in the family Vangidae. It contains two species,[1] both of which are endemic to Madagascar:[2]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Calicalicus madagascariensis | | Madagascar. |
| Calicalicus rufocarpalis | Red-shouldered vanga | south-west Madagascar |
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The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the red-tailed vanga as the type species.[3] The name Calicalicus is from the Malagasy word Cali-cali reported by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for the male red-tailed vanga.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: ITIS Report: Calicalicus . . 16 December 2010.
- Book: Morris . Pete . Frank . Hawkins . Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide . 1998 . Pica Press . Mountfield, UK . 1-873403-45-3 . 242.
- Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1854 . Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua . Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences . 38 . 386, 535 .
- Book: Brisson, Mathurin Jacques . Mathurin Jacques Brisson . 1760 . Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés . 2 . fr, la . Paris . Jean-Baptiste Bauche . 164–166, Plate 16 figs 1, 2 .
