Red-capped coua
(Redirected from Coua ruficeps)
| Red-capped coua | |
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| Subspecies green-capped coua C. r. olivaceiceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Coua |
| Species: | C. ruficeps
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| Binomial name | |
| Coua ruficeps G.R. Gray, 1846
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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[edit]
- Coua ruficeps olivaceiceps - sometimes elevated to the species level as Olive-capped coua
References[edit]
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Coua ruficeps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22725437A112393556. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22725437A112393556.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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