Comoro Blue Vanga
Cyanolanius comorensis (Shelley, GE 1894)
The blue vanga is a bird species in the family Vangidae. It is in the monotypic genus Cyanolanius. It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, and Mayotte, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Vangidae
Genus:
Cyanolanius
Scientific:
Cyanolanius comorensis
Original description
Citation:
(Shelley, GE 1894)
Reference:
Bull. Brit. Orn. Club
3 p.42
Protonym:
Artamia comorensis
Type locality:
Great Comoro Island.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101092#page/140/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
AF4CF9F8F3ADB513
Avibase ID:
avibase-AF4CF9F8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/AF4CF9F8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 919601
NEAR THREATENED
English:
Comoros Blue Vanga
Bulgarian:
Коморска синя ванга
Catalan:
vanga blau de les Comores
Danish:
Comorer Blå Vanga
German:
Komorenvanga
Esperanto:
komora vangao
Spanish:
Vanga azul de las Comoras
Spanish (Spain):
Vanga azul de las Comoras
Estonian:
komoori vanga
French:
Artamie des Comores
Croatian:
modra vanga
Dutch:
Comorese Blauwe Vanga
Norwegian:
koboltvanga
Polish:
wanga komorska
Portuguese:
vanga-azul-das-comores
Portuguese (Portugal):
vanga-comorense
Slovak:
vanga komorská
Serbian:
Komorska plava vanga
Swedish:
komorvanga
Turkish:
Komoros Mavi Vangası
Ukrainian:
ванга коморська
Chinese:
科摩罗蓝钩嘴鵙
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue Vanga [Comoro] ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni]) |
| Avilist 2025: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) |
| Clements, version 2022: Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Blue Vanga (Comoro) ( Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Comoros Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Comoro Blue Vanga ( Cyanolanius comorensis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Leptopterus madagascarinus comorensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Leptopterus madagascarinus comorensis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Cyanolanius [madagascarinus or comorensis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Коморска синя ванга
Catalan: vanga blau de les Comores
Danish: Comorer Blå Vanga
German: Blauvanga (comorensis/bensoni), Komorenvanga
English: Blue Vanga (Comoro), Blue Vanga [Comoro], Comoro Blue Vanga, Comoros Blue Vanga
[ENAV]: Comoro Blue Vanga
English, HBW: Comoro Blue Vanga
English (IOC): Blue Vanga (Comoro), Comoro Blue Vanga
English (United States): Blue Vanga (Comoro), Comoro Blue Vanga
Esperanto: komora vangao
Spanish: Vanga Azul (comorensis/bensoni), Vanga azul de las Comoras
Spanish (Spain): Vanga Azul (comorensis/bensoni), Vanga azul de las Comoras
Spanish (HBW): Blue Vanga (Comoro)
Estonian: komoori vanga
French: Artamie azurée (comorensis/bensoni), Artamie azurée (Comores), Artamie azurée [comorensis ou bensoni], Artamie des Comores
French (Guyane): Artamie des Comores
Croatian: modra vanga
Icelandic: Blávanga (comorensis/bensoni)
Japanese (romaji): ruriiromadagasukarumozu (comorensis/bensoni)
Japanese: ルリイロマダガスカルモズ (comorensis/bensoni), ルリイロマダガスカルモズ（comorensis／bensoni）
Scientific: Artamia comorensis, Cyanolanius comorensis, Cyanolanius madagascarinus [comorensis or bensoni], Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis, Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis/bensoni, Leptopterus madagascarinus comorensis
Dutch: Blauwe Vanga (Comoro), Comorese Blauwe Vanga
Norwegian: blåvanga (comorensis/bensoni), koboltvanga
Polish: wanga błękitna (comorensis/bensoni), wanga komorska
Portuguese: vanga-azul-das-comores
Portuguese (Portugal): vanga-azul (comorensis/bensoni), vanga-comorense
Russian: Голубая ванга (comorensis/bensoni)
Slovak: vanga komorská, vanga komorská (skup.)
Serbian: Komorska plava vanga, Plava vanga (comorensis/bensoni)
Swedish: blåvanga (comorensis/bensoni), komorvanga
Turkish: Komoros Mavi Vangası, Mavi vanga (comorensis/bensoni)
Ukrainian: ванга коморська
Chinese: 科摩罗蓝钩嘴鵙
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