Calicalicus is a genus of bird in the family Vangidae. It contains two species, both of which are endemic to Madagascar:
Species Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Calicalicus madagascariensisRed-tailed vanga Madagascar. Calicalicus rufocarpalis Red-shouldered vangasouth-west Madagascar
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the red-tailed vanga as the type species. The name Calicalicus is from the Malagasy word Cali-cali reported by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for the male red-tailed vanga.
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