Vangidae

**Vangidae**
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Common name
	English: Vanga; Afrikaans: Wangas; العربية: فانكية; مصرى: فانجيديا; Kotava: Amizda; български: Вангови; català: Vangues; čeština: Vangovití; Cymraeg: Fangáid; Deutsch: Vangawürger; Esperanto: Vangaedoj; eesti: Vangalased; فارسی: بانگ‌مرغ; suomi: Vangat; Hausa: Vanga; עברית: ונגיים; magyar: Vangagébicsfélék; 日本語: オオハシモズ科; 한국어: 큰부리때까치류; Malagasy: Vanga; македонски: ванги; кырык мары: Ванга йишвлӓ; norsk bokmål: hjelmvarslerfamilien; Nederlands: Vanga's; norsk nynorsk: Vangaer; norsk: Vangafamilien; Diné bizaad: Magí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tsintaalzhahii dóó bikʼéí; polski: Wangowate; پنجابی: وانگا; русский: Ванговые; svenska: Vangor; Kiswahili: Vanga; українська: Вангові; 中文: 钩嘴鵙科;
Taxonomy
Clade	Coelurosauria
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Infraclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Passerimorphae
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Vangidae
Taxon author	William Swainson, 1831
Authority file
	Q587527; NCBI taxonomy ID: 461249; ITIS TSN: 178526; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 1599; BioLib taxon ID: 31484; Fossilworks taxon ID: 158469; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 5294; iNaturalist taxon ID: 71374; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 119387; IRMNG ID: 108628
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Corvida • Superfamilia: Corvoidea • Familia: Vangidae Swainson, 1831

Vernacular names

English: Vangas
Afrikaans: Wangas
Deutsch: Vangawürger

Included genera (for IOC classification 8.2):

Artamella, Bias, Calicalicus, Cyanolanius, Euryceros, Falculea, Hemipus, Hypositta, Leptopterus, Megabyas, Mystacornis, Newtonia, Oriolia, Philentoma, Prionops, Pseudobias, Schetba, Tephrodornis, Tylas, Vanga, Xenopirostris

Note: IOC classification 8.2 moved here genera Bias, Megabyas from familia Platysteiridae, genus Hemipus from familia Tephrodornithidae, genus Prionops from familia Prionopidae, genus Tephrodornis from familia Tephrodornithidae

Included genera (for IOC classification 2.3):

Artamella, Calicalicus, Cyanolanius, Euryceros, Falculea, Hypositta, Leptopterus, Mystacornis, Newtonia, Oriolia, Pseudobias, Schetba, Tylas, Vanga, Xenopirostris