Giant Coua
Coua gigas - Coua géant
Systematics
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Order:
Cuculiformes
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Family:
Cuculidés
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Genus:
Coua
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Species:
gigas
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 62 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 410 à 415 g
Geographic range
Identification
Giant Coua (Coua gigas) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Coua géant,
- Cúa gigante,
- cua-gigante,
- Riesenseidenkuckuck,
- óriás-selyemkakukk,
- Grote Coua,
- Cua gigante,
- jättekoua,
- Kjempekoa,
- koa veľká,
- kukalka velká,
- Stor Silkegøg,
- isokuku,
- coua gegant,
- kuja wielka,
- Гигантская тивука,
- オニジカッコウ,
- 大马岛鹃,
- 大馬島鵑,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- The cuckoos, Robert B Payne
- Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes