Red-capped coua

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Red-capped coua
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Subspecies green-capped coua
C. r. olivaceiceps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Coua
Species:
C. ruficeps
Binomial name
Coua ruficeps
G.R. Gray, 1846

The red-capped coua (Coua ruficeps) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Subspecies

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Coua ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.