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red-tailed vanga-shrike
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Illustration of two birds: on the left, a red-tailed vanga-shrike (Calicalicus madagascariensis) with reddish-brown wings and tail perched on a thorny branch, and on the right, a blue-gray coral-billed nuthatch (Hypositta corallirostris) with a red bill clinging to the side of a tree trunk.
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red-tailed vanga-shrike

bird
Also known as: Calicalicus madagascariensis, tit-shrike
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  • Vanga-shrike; coral-billed nuthatch
    vanga-shrike

    The smallest species is the red-tailed vanga-shrike, or tit-shrike (Calicalicus madagascariensis).

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    The smallest species is the red-tailed vanga-shrike, or tit-shrike (Calicalicus madagascariensis).

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