Vanga

Vanga
Vanga kichwa-cheupe
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Nusufaila: Vertebrata (Wanyama wenye uti wa mgongo) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Passeriformes (Ndege kama shomoro) Familia ya juu: Corvoidea (Ndege kama kunguru) Familia: Vangidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na vanga)
Ngazi za chini
Jenasi 15: Artamella W.L. Sclater, 1924 Calicalicus Bonaparte, 1854 Cyanolanius Bonaparte, 1854 Euryceros Lesson, 1831 Falculea I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1836 Hypositta A. Newton, 1881 Leptopterus Bonaparte, 1854 Mystacornis Sharpe, 1870 Newtonia Schlegel & Pollen, 1868 Oriolia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838 Pseudobias Sharpe, 1870 Schetba Lesson, 1831 Tylas Hartlaub, 1862 Vanga Vieillot, 1816 Xenopirostris Bonaparte, 1850

Vanga (kutoka Kimalagasi: vanga) ni ndege wa familia Vangidae. Wanatokea Madagaska tu isipokuwa vanga buluu wa Komori ambaye anatokea kisiwa cha Mwali katika Komori. Takriban spishi zote zina rangi ya nyeusi, kijivu au kahawa juu na nyeupe au pinki chini, lakini chache zina rangi ya buluu na vanga domo-buluu ni mweusi mwenye mgongo mwekundu na vanga wa Bernier ni mweusi kabisa (jike ana rangi ya kahawa). Ndege hawa wana sauti ya filimbi. Hula wadudu, nyungunyungu, mijusi na amfibia, pengine matunda pia. Hulijenga tago lao kwa vijiti, chamba cha mti, mizizi na majani mtini. Jike huyataga mayai 2-4.

Spishi

• Artamella viridis, Vanga Kichwa-cheupe (White-headed Vanga)
• Calicalicus madagascariensis, Vanga Mkia-mwekundu (Red-tailed Vanga)
• Calicalicus rufocarpalis, Vanga Mabega-mekundu (Red-shouldered Vanga)
• Cyanolanius madagascarinus, Vanga Buluu (Blue Vanga)
  • Cyanolanius m. comorensis, Vanga Buluu wa Komori (Comoro Blue Vanga)
• Euryceros prevostii, Vanga Domo-buluu (Helmet Vanga)
• Falculea palliata, Vanga Domo-mundu (Sickle-billed Vanga)
• Hypositta corallirostris, Vanga Domo-jekundu (Nuthatch Vanga or Coral-billed Nuthatch-vanga)
• Hypositta perdita, Vanga wa Bluntschli (Bluntschli's Vanga or Short-toed Nuthatch-vanga) - taxonomic status questionable
• Leptopterus chabert, Vanga Macho-buluu (Chabert's Vanga)
• Mystacornis crossleyi, Vanga wa Crossley (Crossley's Vanga)
• Newtonia amphichroa, Vanga Mgongo-kijivu (Dark Newtonia)
• Newtonia archboldi, Vanga wa Archbold (Archbold's Newtonia)
• Newtonia brunneicauda, Vanga Mkia-kahawia (Common Newtonia)
• Newtonia fanovanae, Vanga Kichwa-kijivu (Red-tailed Newtonia)
• Oriolia bernieri, Vanga wa Bernier (Bernier's Vanga)
• Pseudobias wardi, Vanga Shore (Ward's Flycatcher)
• Schetba rufa, Vanga Mgongo-mwekundu (Rufous Vanga)
• Tylas eduardi, Vanga Kichwa-cheusi (Tylas Vanga)
• Vanga curvirostris, Vanga Domo-kulabu (Hook-billed Vanga)
• Xenopirostris damii, Vanga wa Van Dam (Van Dam's Vanga)
• Xenopirostris polleni, Vanga wa Pollen (Pollen's Vanga)
• Xenopirostris xenopirostris, Vanga wa Lafresnaye (Lafresnaye's Vanga)

Picha

• 
  Vanga macho-buluu
• 
  Vanga domo-kulabu
• 
  Vanga wa Lafresnaye

Makala hii kuhusu "Vanga" inatumia neno (au maneno) ambalo si kawaida na matumizi yake ni jaribio la kutafsiri neno (au maneno) la asili vanga kutoka lugha ya Kimalagasi. Neno (au maneno) la jaribio ni vanga. Wasomaji wanaombwa kuchangia mawazo yao kwenye ukurasa wa majadiliano ya makala. Kamusi za Kiswahili ama zinatofautiana kuhusu matumizi ya neno hili au hazieleweki au hazina neno kwa jambo linalojadiliwa.