red-shouldered vanga
calicalicus rufocarpalis latin

Red-shouldered Vanga (Calicalicus rufocarpalis)

Her final life bird, after almost two decades as a "terminal cancer patient," was the Red-shouldered Vanga, a species which had only been described as new to science in 1997.

Lafresnaye's Vanga and the recently-discovered Red-shouldered Vanga occur in subarid thorn scrub in the south-west.

Pollen's Vanga is classed as Near-threatened by BirdLife International and the Red-shouldered Vanga, Bernier's Vanga, Helmet Vanga and Red-tailed Newtonia are regarded as Vulnerable.

The Red-shouldered Vanga (Calicalicus rufocarpalis) is a member of the vanga family endemic to south-west Madagascar.