Couas
Coua
Couas are large, mostly terrestrial birds of the cuckoo family, endemic to the island of Madagascar. Coua derives from koa, the Malagasy name for a cuckoo or coua, which is in turn an onomatopoeic of some species' call notes.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Crested Coua
speciesCoua cristata
Giant Coua
speciesCoua gigas
Blue Coua
speciesCoua caerulea
Running Coua
speciesCoua cursor
Olive-capped Coua
speciesCoua olivaceiceps
Coquerel's Coua
speciesCoua coquereli
Red-fronted Coua
speciesCoua reynaudii
Red-capped Coua
speciesCoua ruficeps
Verreaux's Coua
speciesCoua verreauxi
Red-breasted Coua
speciesCoua serriana
Snail-eating Coua
speciesCoua delalandei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1861.