Crested Coua
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Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Phaenicophaeinae

[Photo] Crested Coua (Coua cristata). Date May 12, 2007. Author http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stavenn

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The Crested Coua, Coua cristata is a medium-sized, approximately 44cm long, greenish-grey coua with grey crest, blue bare orbital skin, rufous breast, brown iris, black bill and legs, white belly and long white-tipped purplish-blue tail feathers.

The Crested Coua is distributed and endemic to forests, savanna and brushland of Madagascar. It is found from sea-level to altitude of 900 metres. The diet consists mainly of various insects, fruits, berries, seeds, snails and chameleons. The female usually lays two white eggs in nest made from twigs.

Widespread and a common species throughout its large habitat range, the Crested Coua is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

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