Red-capped coua

Red-capped coua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Coua
Species:
C. ruficeps
Binomial name
Coua ruficeps
G.R. Gray, 1846

The red-capped coua (Coua ruficeps) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to northwest Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

The olive-capped coua was formerly treated as a subspecies of the red-capped coua but has been elevated to species status based on the differences in plumage and vocalisation.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Coua ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22725437A112393556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22725437A112393556.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (2004). "Review: Oiseaux de Madagascar, Mayotte, Comoros, Seychelles, Réunion, Mauritius (Huguet & Chappuis 2003)". Bulletin of the African Bird Club. 11 (2): 161–164 [161].
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 August 2024.


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