Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Vangidae > Euryceros > Euryceros prevostiiEuryceros prevostii (Helmet Vanga)The helmet vanga (Euryceros prevostii) is a distinctive-looking bird of the vanga family, Vangidae, and is classified in its own genus, Euryceros. It is mainly blue-black, with rufous wings and a huge arched blue bill. It is restricted to lowland and lower montane rainforests of northeastern Madagascar. Its diet is composed of invertebrates, predominantly insects. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.8816 EDGE Score: 3.77337 |
Adult Weight [1] | 97 grams | Female Weight [1] | 86 grams | Male Weight [1] | 108 grams | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 25.6 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 30 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 70 % | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 33 % | Forages - Understory [2] | 33 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 33 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | Wing Span [4] | 12 inches (.315 m) |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Madagascar lowland forests |
Madagascar |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Ambatovaky Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Anjanaharibe Sud Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Betampona Strict Nature Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bezavona Classified Forest |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mantadia National Park and Analamazaotra Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Marojejy National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Masoala National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Tsaratanana Strict Nature Reserve and adjacent areas |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Zahamena National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Wildlife As Canon Sees ItEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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