Giant Coua

The Giant Coua is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

General Range of Giant Coua in Madagascar The Giant Coua (Coua gigas) is a bird species from the Cuckoo family that is endemic to the dry forests of western and southern Madagascar . It is suggested that Couas probably originated from a particular Asian ground-cuckoo (Dinets 2007). Genus Coua contains 10 species, more than any other genus in Madagascar (Moreau 1966). Although the bird is listed under Least Concern (LC) in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, C. More

Giant Couas are approximately 62 cm in length (nearly double the size of Coua Couquereli) and have a blue patch around their eyes, characteristic of the Coua genus and similar to African Turacos (Chouteau 2006A). As a member of the Cuckoo family, they have a reversible third toe and resemble Coucals in their method of scrambling through plant tangles for food. Observations indicate that they can climb 10 meters high from the ground(Chouteau 2006A). C. More

The Giant Coua (Coua gigas) is a bird species from the Cuckoo family that is endemic to the dry forests of western and southern Madagascar. More

Giant coua tend to utilize microhabitats in logged forests with a greater canopy cover, and forage in logged gallery forests with higher canopies than other areas while avoiding sites with more stems and obstacles (Chouteau 2006A; 2004). Range Coua gigas are found in lowlands to 700 meters of Western and Southern Madagascar (Sibley 2007). The range of this bird species is considered large with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 50,000-100,000 km². More

The Giant Coua is a large terrestrial Coua gigas - Coua cristata. Coua cristata Crested Coua. The Crested Coua is a mid-sized arborial Coua gigas - No part of this material can be used in any way without written permision by the Giant Coua (Coua gigas) Photo - Giant Coua, Isolate address (URL) for bookmarking or e-mailing this photo, Coua Giant Coua (Coua gigas) Photo - Giant Coua, Back to previous photo of this species. More

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* Giant Coua Running on the forest floor of the special Zombitse National Park Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park, Madagascar Photo-ay 12 August 2009 23 weeks ago 3. More

Coua gigas is commonly known (its common name) as the Giant Coua in English. Coua gigas is classified as least concern by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Coua gigas is (Boddaert, 1783) (IUCN Red List). More

Giant Coua, Madagascar, Berenty 2nd November 2005 © Steve Blain www.steveblain.co. More

The Giant Coua (Coua gigas) is a species of bird from the cuckoo family that is found in western and southeastern Madagascar. Its habitat is dry forest lowlands up to 2300 feet in elevation. Though it is established as Least Concern by the IUCN, this species only thrives in the biological hot spot of Madagascar, and such is warranted as a species of conservational concern. There are 10 species of Coua in Madagascar. The Giant Coua is about 24.5 inches in length. More

* Picture: Giant coua at berenty Picture: Giant coua at berenty * Adult bird sunbathing | the Internet Bird Collection Adult bird sunbathing | the Internet Bird Collection * imahen: higante coua imahen: higante coua * Adult perched on a branch. | the Internet Bird Collection Adult perched on a branch. More

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