Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Crested Coua (Coua cristata) - HBW 4, p. 582
French: Coua huppé
German: Spitzschopf-Seidenkuckuck
Spanish: Cúa Crestado
Other common names: Crested Madagascar Coucal
Taxonomy: Cuculus cristatus Linnaeus, 1766, Madagascar.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) - N & E Madagascar, SW to Mahajanga.
- dumonti Delacour, 1931 - W Madagascar from Mahajanga to Morondava.
- pyropyga Grandidier, 1867 - SW Madagascar between Morondava and Toliara, also S to Amboasary.
- maxima Milon, 1950 - SE Madagascar (near Tolagnaro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A perched bird, preening Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 3 years ago 37 sec 4 -
A bird on a trunk and flying away Locality Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 30 June 1996 4 years ago 7 sec 3.7 -
A perched bird looking around, then moving away Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 11 August 2006 3 years ago 41 sec 3 -
close view of one perched in a bush Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (ssp pyropyga)
Martin Kennewell 26 August 2007 2 years ago 29 sec 2
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Bird perched in the semi open
Locality Anjajavy, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp cristata)
Ian Hempstead 5 November 2011 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 3 -
Bird perched in the semi open
Locality Anjajavy, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp cristata)
Ian Hempstead 5 November 2011 2 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 3 -
Bird partially obscured in a bush
Locality Anjajavy, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp cristata)
Ian Hempstead 6 November 2011 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 2.3 -
A bird perched in a leafless tree
Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (ssp pyropyga)
Ian Fulton 9 October 2005 2 years ago 2 -
A perched adult bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 20 October 2007 2 years ago 2
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