Calicalicus

Calicalicus is a genus of bird in the family Vangidae. It contains two species,^[2] both of which are endemic to Madagascar:^[3]

Calicalicus
Red-tailed vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Vangidae
Genus:	Calicalicus Bonaparte, 1854
Type species
Lanius madagascariensis[1] Linnaeus, 1766
Species
C. madagascariensis C. rufocarpalis

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Calicalicus madagascariensis	Red-tailed vanga	Madagascar.
	Calicalicus rufocarpalis	Red-shouldered vanga	south-west Madagascar

The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the red-tailed vanga as the type species.^[4] The name Calicalicus is from the Malagasy word Cali-cali reported by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for the male red-tailed vanga.^[5]