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Crossley's vanga is a small babbler-like bird, 15 cm long and weighing around 25 g. Its most distinctive feature is the olive-grey bill, which is disproportionately long and slightly hooked at the end. The plumage of the male is olive green on the crown, back, wings, tail and flanks, a grey belly, black throat and face, with a white submoustachial stripe and grey stripe above the eye. The legs are grey and the iris black. The female is similar but with a white throat and belly.
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When to see the Crossley's Vanga
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Crossley's Vanga
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About the Crossley's Vanga
Crossley's vanga, also known as Crossley's babbler-vanga, Crossley's babbler, Madagascar groundhunter, or Madagascar groundjumper, is a bird species in the family Vangidae. It is named after the specimen collector Alfred Crossley.
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Easily confused with
Lafresnaye's VangaXenopirostris xenopirostrisLafresnaye's vanga is a species of bird in the vanga family Vangidae.
Dark NewtoniaNewtonia amphichroaThe dark newtonia is a species of bird in the family Vangidae.
Archbold's NewtoniaNewtonia archboldiIt is a small, short-winged, and long-legged bird with a short and slender beak.
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