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White-headed vanga

Artamella viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The white-headed vanga (Artamella viridis) is a species in the family Vangidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 48.8 g to 49.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-headed vanga (Artamella viridis)
Photo: Fred.leviez · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-headed vanga

Weight
48.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-headed vanga live?

Not recorded

What is the white-headed vanga?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-headed vanga (Artamella viridis) is a species of bird in the family Vangidae. It is monotypic within the genus Artamella. It is endemic to Madagascar, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

From the Wikipedia article “White-headed vanga” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-headed_vanga&oldid=1380565900), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the white-headed vanga endangered?

The white-headed vanga is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-headed vanga classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyVangidae
  6. genusArtamella
  7. SpeciesArtamella viridis (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Lanius viridis, Leptopterus viridis

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • vanga capblancCatalan
  • vanga bělohlaváCzech
  • fanga penwynWelsh
  • Hvidhovedet VangaDanish
  • WeißkopfvangaGerman
  • blankakapa vangaoEsperanto
  • Vanga cabeciblancoSpanish
  • valgepea-vangaEstonian
  • valkopäävangaFinnish
  • Artamie à tête blancheFrench
  • Artamelle à tête blancheFrench
  • bjeloglava vangaCroatian
  • fehérfejű vangaHungarian
  • Vanga testabiancaItalian
  • シロガシラオオハシモズJapanese
  • baltagalvė vangaLithuanian
  • SarihezaMalagasy
  • WitkopvangaDutch
  • hvithodevangaNorwegian
  • wanga białogłowaPolish
  • vanga-de-cabeça-brancaPortuguese
  • Белоголовая вангаRussian
  • Белоголовая расписная вангаRussian
  • vanga bielohlaváSlovak
  • Beloglava vangaSerbian
  • vithuvad vangaSwedish
  • Ak Başlı VangaTurkish
  • ванга білоголоваUkrainian
  • 白头钩嘴鵙Chinese
  • 白頭鉤嘴鵙Chinese

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Relatives of the white-headed vanga

Other species in the same family Vangidae.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-headed vanga?

An adult white-headed vanga weighs 48.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-headed vanga endangered?

The white-headed vanga is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the white-headed vanga?

The white-headed vanga (Artamella viridis) belongs to the family Vangidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-headed vanga (Artamella viridis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-headed-vanga

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BibTeX
@misc{white_headed_vanga_2026,
  title = {White-headed vanga (Artamella viridis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-headed-vanga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}