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 LC    Red-capped Coua* Id (Atlas):
    Coua ruficeps

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-capped Coua, Red-capped Madagascar Coucal

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
42 cm

First Described (Guide)
G. R. Gray, 1846

Range (Guide)
Madagascar.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (29)...)

 
Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps) [XC26433]
     by Daniel Lane from Ampijoroa Station, Ankarafonsika NP, Mahajanga Prov., Madagascar (song)

 
Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps) [XC624002]
     by Ken Behrens from Ampijoroa Station, Ankarafonsika NP, Mahajanga Prov., Madagascar (call, bill snaps)

Subspecies
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.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • ruficeps G. R. Gray, 1846   -  Western Madagascar, from Mahajanga western and south to near Morondava.
  • olivaceiceps (Sharpe, 1873)   -  South-western Madagascar, from Morondava south to Anony L. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Olive-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps).



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps) - 10 files


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