All vangas are endemic to Madagascar apart from the Blue Vanga, which also occurs in the Comoros on Mohéli island and, at least formerly, on Grande Comore.
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The Rishi replied, 'No, they are mine. They were begotten by me upon a Sudra woman. The king Vali then again sent unto him his queen Sudeshna. The Rishi by merely touching her said, 'Thou shalt have five children named Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Pundra and Suhma.
Chandrakanta, a city supposedly found by Lakshmana, after he colonized the Vanga kingdom (see Kosala Kingdom)
As Bishop he founded several hospitals and had a defensive tower (Torre Vanga) built on the Adige in Trento.
In the same year he described the Réunion Cuckooshrike (Coracina newtoni) and again with Schlegel the vanga genus Newtonia in 1868.
In context of Krsna digvijay, the Mahabharata furnishes a key list of twenty-five ancient Janapadas, viz., Anga, Vanga, Kalinga, Magadha, Kasi, Kosala, Vatsa, Garga, Karusha, Pundra, Avanti, Dakshinatya, Parvartaka, Dasherka, Kashmira, Ursa, Pishacha, Mudgala, Kamboja, Vatadhana, Chola, Pandya, Trigarta, Malava, and Darada (MBH 7/11/15-17).
Vangas are significant in Madagascar, as 15 of the 16 vanga species are endemic to Madagascar.