The White-headed Vanga is endemic to Madagascar. The male has a white head and underside with green-glossed black upperparts, and searches for food on forest branches.
The male has a white head and underside and a white patch on the rump; the back and tail are black with a green sheen. Its stout, conical bill is blue-grey.
It gleans caterpillars, grasshoppers and spiders from middle and upper branches. It may hang upside down while searching and also eats some fruit and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.