Nuthatch Vanga Hypositta corallirostris
Nuthatch Vanga, Perinet, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image

Perinet, Madagascar
November 2016

The Nuthatch Vanga is endemic to Madagascar where it is found in pristine evergreen humid forest up to 1,800 metres. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

Nuthatch Vanga, Perinet, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image This photo is of a female. The male is generally mid blue with a bright orange-red bill. It feeds mainly on small invertebrates and forages much in the manner of a nuthatch working its way up the trunk of a tree and probing in the bark.
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