Red-capped Coua

Coua ruficeps

Gray, GR, 1846
Cúa Capirrojo

Family: Cuculidae
Order: Cuculiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Parque Nacional Ankarafantsika

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

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

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

The olive-capped coua was formerly treated as a subspecies of the red-capped coua but has been elevated to species status based on the differences in plumage and vocalisation.

Source: Wikipedia, article Coua ruficeps. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.