Coua
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Couas are large, mostly terrestrial birds of the cuckoo family, endemic to the island of Madagascar.
Couas are reminiscent of African turacos when walking along tree branches, and they likewise feature brightly coloured, bare skin around the eyes. Some resemble coucals in their habit of clambering through jungle while foraging, while the arboreal species move between tree canopies with gliding flight. Four species have been recorded in rainforests, while the remaining six are found in the dry forests of western and southern Madagascar.
They have large feet, with a reversible third toe like all cuckoos. Their long tibiae suggest a relationship with the Carpococcyx ground-cuckoos of Asia, a genus with similar nestlings. Consequently, they are sometimes united in the subfamily Couinae.[2] Couas build their own nests and lay white eggs. Couas' calls are a short series of evenly spaced notes, which are sometimes answered by other individuals.
Taxonomy
The genus Coua was erected by Swiss naturalist Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1821, with Cuculus madagascariensis (a synonym of Cuculus gigas) as the type species.[3][4] The name is from koa, the Malagasy word for the couas.[5]
Species
The 10 extant species placed in the genus Coua are:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Running coua (Coua cursor).jpg | C. cursor | Running coua | Madagascar |
| File:Giant Coua (Coua gigas) (9616274364).jpg | C. gigas | Giant coua | western and southern Madagascar |
| File:Coquerel's Coua RWD3.jpg | C. coquereli | Coquerel's coua | Madagascar |
| File:Coua serriana 49406215.jpg | C. serriana | Red-breasted coua | Madagascar |
| File:Red-fronted Coua - Andasibè - Madagascar MG 0718 (15102020980).jpg | C. reynaudii | Red-fronted coua | Madagascar |
| C. ruficeps | Red-capped coua | Madagascar | |
| File:Red-capped Coua RWD2.jpg | C. olivaceiceps | Olive-capped coua | Madagascar |
| File:Coua cristata (Hauben-Seidenkuckuck - Crested Coua) - Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2013-08—130718 0206.jpg | C. cristata | Crested coua | Madagascar |
| File:Coua verreauxi.jpg | C. verreauxi | Verreaux's coua | Madagascar |
| File:Coua caerulea (Blauer Seidenkuckuck - Blue Coua) - Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2013-04.jpg | C. caerulea | Blue coua | Madagascar |
Fossils and extinct species
- Ancient coua, C. primaeva – prehistoric
- Bertha's coua, C. berthae – only known from Holocene fossil remains[7]
- Delalande's coua or the snail-eating coua, C. delalandei – extinct (late 19th century)
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Payne, Robert B., and Karen Klitz (1991). The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. p. 27. ISBN 0-19-850213-3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Cuvier, Georges; Schinz, Heinrich Rudolf (1821). Das Thierreich, eingetheilt nach dem Bau der Thiere als Grundlage ihrer Naturgeschichte und der vergleichenden Anatomie (in Deutsch). Vol. 1. Stuttgart und Tübingen: J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung. p. 661.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 64.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Goodman & Ravoavy; Smithsonian Institution (1993). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 106. Smithsonian Libraries. [Washington : Biological Society of Washington]. pp. 26–33.
Further reading
- Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Sinclair and Langrand, 1998. Template:ISBN
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