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Olive-capped Coua
Coua olivaceiceps (Sharpe, 1873)
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Olive-capped Coua, Coua olivaceiceps, is a cuckoo in the family Cuculidae that breeds in southwest Madagascar. It is confined to that part of the island and was first described in 1873 by Sharpe. It is now treated as a full species rather than a subspecies of the red-capped coua, following differences in plumage and vocalisation. It belongs to the genus Coua, one of ten Madagascar-endemic couas. The type locality was given as southwestern Madagascar, and the original specimen had been sent to Sharpe by Alfred Grandidier.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Africa: sw Madagascar
