Olive-capped Coua
Coua olivaceiceps(Sharpe, RB, 1873)
English (US) Olive-capped Coua
The Olive-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: lowlands of southwestern MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coua olivaceiceps
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Olive-capped Coua
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sericosomus olivaceiceps
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1873)
- Type locality
- Southwestern Madagascar.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873, pt.2 p.615
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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