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Coua (couas)

Synonyms: Couas

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Coua

Species

Coua berthae
Coua caerulea (Blue Coua) (Attributes)
Coua coquereli (Coquerel's Coua) (Attributes)
Coua cristata (Crested Coua) (Attributes)
Coua cursor (Running Coua) (Attributes)
Coua delalandei (snail-eating coua) (Extinct)
Coua gigas (Giant Coua) (Attributes)
Coua primaeva
Coua pyropyga
Coua reynaudii (Red-fronted Coua) (Attributes)
Coua ruficeps (Red-capped Coua) (Attributes)
Coua serriana (Red-breasted Coua) (Attributes)
Coua verreauxi (Verreaux's Coua) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0