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Crested Coua

Coua cristata


The Crested Coua, Coua cristata, is a medium-sized, approximately 44cm long, greenish-grey coua with grey crest, blue bare orbital skin, rufous breast, brown iris, black bill and legs, white belly and long white-tipped purplish-blue tail feathers. They are very attractive birds. The Crested Coua is distributed and endemic to forests, savanna and brushland of Madagascar. It is found from sea-level to altitude of 900 metres. The diet consists mainly of various insects, fruits, berries, seeds, snails and . The female usually lays two white eggs in nest made from twigs. Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Crested Coua is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

 

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Crested Coua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Crested Coua, Coua cristata, is a medium-sized, approximately 44cm long, greenish-grey coua with grey crest, blue bare orbital skin, rufous breast, brown iris ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Coua

Coua cristata
Citing this page: Tree of Life Web Project. 2008. Coua cristata. Crested Coua. Version 03 August 2008 (temporary).
tolweb.org/Coua_cristata/91948

Crested Couas, Coua cristata
Crested Couas, Coua cristata: Range, Description, Photos, Diet, Breeding
www.avianweb.com/crestedcouas.html

Formed By Him – Coua « Lee's Birdwatching Adventures Plus
The Crested Coua, Coua cristata, is a medium-sized, approximately 17.3 in/44cm long, greenish-grey coua with grey crest, blue bare orbital skin, rufous breast, brown iris ...
leesbird.com/2011/07/05/formed-by-him-co...

Coua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crested Coua, Coua cristata. Coua cristata maxima – only known from a single specimen; possibly extinct (late 20th century) or a hybrid. Verreaux's Coua, Coua verreauxi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coua

Coua cristata - crested Coua - Madagascar
Coua cristata - crested Coua Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae Local Malagasy name: tsipara Endemic to Madagascar: Yes Web links for Coua cristata :
www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/...

Crested Coua (Coua cristata) | on-line sounds from xeno-canto/world
© 2005-2012 Xeno-canto Foundation. Colophon & credits | Terms of use | Contact All recordings are copyrighted by their recordists and ...
www.xeno-canto.org/species/Coua-cristata

Coua cristata - Avibase
Photo powered by flickr.com. Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae. English: Crested Coua Scientific: Coua cristata. Protonym: Cuculus cristatus
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Crested Coua (Coua cristata) | the Internet Bird Collection
Cuckoos (Cuculidae) Crested Coua (Coua cristata) - HBW 4, p. 582. French: Coua huppé German: Spitzschopf-Seidenku ckuck Spanish: Cúa Crestado ...
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Crested Coua (Coua cristata) - BirdLife species factsheet
Justification This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence ...
www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactshe...

Couas - Learn about Birds: Photos, Breeding, Health and Bird Care
Crested Coua, Coua cristata. Coua cristata maxima – Only known from a single specimen; possibly extinct (late 20th century) or a hybrid. Verreaux's Coua, Coua verreauxi ...
www.avianweb.com/couas.html

Birds on stamps: Malagasy Malagasikara
45f: 76: Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi : 45f: 78: Marsh Owl Asio capensis : 60f: 76: Crested Coua Coua cristata : 60f
www.birdtheme.org/country/malagasy.html

Coua (Genus)
Crested Coua, Coua cristata. Coua cristata maxima – only known from a single specimen; possibly extinct (late 20th century) or a hybrid. Verreaux's Coua, Coua verreauxi
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Histoire Physique - Birds - Grey Heron Prints
Histoire Physique - Birds : Histoire physique, naturelle et politique ... Coua cristata, var pyropyga
www.greyheronprints.com/index.php?cPath=...

Cuculidae - Cuckoos -- Discover Life
Cacomantis merulinus, plaintive cuckoo © Copyright Tom Stephenson, 2006-2011 Coua cristata ... All, like the Coquerel's Coua (left) have red or blue bare skin around the eye ...
www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Cucul...

antpitta.com : Photo Gallery : Madagacar : Oct-Nov 2010 : Birds 2
Crested Coua Coua cristata pyropyga Ifaty, Atsimo-Andrefana region, Madagascar. A common and widespread bird through most of the island, but it's super-handsome and was ...
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CalPhotos: Browse Bird Photos by Scientific Names
Coua cristata (1) Coua gigas (3) Coua serriana (1) Cracticus nigrocollaris (1) Cracticus nigrogularis (1) Cracticus torquatus (4) Creagrus furcatus (39) Creatophora cinerea (6)
calphotos.berkeley.edu/browse_imgs/bird_...

Birds of Madagascar Photo Gallery by Coke & Som Smith at pbase.com
bird - coua - crested coua - coua cristata - kirindy national park - madagascar (4).jpg: bird - coua - crested coua - coua cristata - kirindy national park - madagascar (5 ...
www.pbase.com/cokesmith/birds_of_madagas...

Coua - Ask Jeeves Encyclopedia - Ask.com - What's Your Question?
Crested Coua, Coua cristata. Coua cristata maxima – only known from a single specimen; possibly extinct (late 20th century) or a hybrid. Verreaux's Coua, Coua verreauxi
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Crested Coua : Information and Community for the crested coua
The Crested Coua, Coua cristata is a medium-sized, approximately 44cm long, greenish-grey coua with grey crest, blue bare orbital skin, rufous breast, brown iris, black ...
www.youpet.com/crested-coua/

 
 
 
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