Alternative names: Southern Crested Coua, Southern Crested Madagascar Coucal
- Coua verreauxi
Identification
- Mid-grey
- White lower breast and belly
- Darker flight-feathers
- Tail
- Long
- Dark grey
- White-tipped outer feathers
- Long, dark-tipped crest
- Pale blue bare skin around eye
- Black bill
Distribution
Locally in subdeserts of south-western Madagascar.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Dry euphorbia coastal shrubland.
Behaviour
An arboreal species.
Diet
Feeds on insects, small vertebrates and fruit and seeds of cassia fruit.
Froages mainly in trees and bushes, especially where sympatrich with Crested Coua.
Breeding
Poorly known. Breeding season probably October to April. The nest is a platform or a shallow bowl made of sticks. It's placed 1.5 to 4m above the ground in a spiny tree.
Movements
This is a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334221
- BirdLife International
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Verreaux's Coua. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Verreaux%27s_Coua
