Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps) - HBW 4, p. 582
French: Coua à tête rousse
German: Weißkehl-Seidenkuckuck
Spanish: Cúa Capirrojo
Other common names: Red-capped Madagascar Coucal
Taxonomy: Coua ruficeps G. R. Gray, 1846, Madagascar.
Traditionally treated as two subspecies, but both ruficeps and olivaceiceps were collected at Mampikohy in Dec, in the breeding season, which, together with notable morphological differences, suggests that they may be distinct species. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruficeps G. R. Gray, 1846 - W Madagascar, from Mahajanga W & S to near Morondava.
- olivaceiceps (Sharpe, 1873) - SW Madagascar, from Morondava S to Anony L.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult sunning its back Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp ruficeps)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2007 3 years ago 58 sec 4 -
close up of head, then walking away Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar (ssp olivaceiceps)
Martin Kennewell 26 August 2007 3 years ago 18 sec 4 -
one finishing sunning its back, and moves away Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp ruficeps)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2007 3 years ago 13 sec 3.7 -
a bird sunning itself and then preening, Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp ruficeps)
Paul Clarke 30 September 2011 46 weeks ago 37 sec 3 -
one crossing track, calling (responding to playback) Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp ruficeps)
Martin Kennewell 6 September 2007 3 years ago 15 sec 3
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With a grasshopper in its beak.
Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar (ssp ruficeps)
Nick Athanas 1 November 2010 2 years ago 4.3 -
Bird collecting nesting material
Locality Ankarafantsika National Park, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
Dubi Shapiro 17 November 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Standing on the ground with tail cocked up.
Locality Arboretum d'Antsokay, Toliara, Toliara Province, Madagascar (ssp olivaceiceps)
Nick Athanas 8 November 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
In the spiny-bush forest foraging on floor
Locality Anakao, Madagascar (ssp olivaceiceps)
Photo-ay 3 years ago 3
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A bird calling.
Locality Ifaty, Toliara Province, Madagascar
(ssp olivaceiceps)
Josep del Hoyo 15 November 1996 2 years ago 4
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