Red-breasted coua
Coua serriana Pucheran, 1845
The red-breasted coua (Coua serriana) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 293 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the red-breasted coua
- Weight
- 293 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Frugivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the red-breasted coua live?
Not recorded
What is the red-breasted coua?
The red-breasted coua (Coua serriana) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is endemic to Madagascar.
From the Wikipedia article “Red-breasted coua” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Red-breasted_coua&oldid=1339414056), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the red-breasted coua endangered?
The red-breasted coua is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the red-breasted coua classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusCoua
- SpeciesCoua serriana Pucheran, 1845
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- RBCOEnglish
- كوا حمراء الصدرArabic
- coua pit-roigCatalan
- kukalka rezavoprsáCzech
- kukalka červenoprsáCzech
- coa brongochWelsh
- Rødbrystet SilkegøgDanish
- RotbrustcouaGerman
- Rotbrust-SeidenkuckuckGerman
- RotbrustseidenkuckuckGerman
- ruĝbrusta kuaoEsperanto
- Cúa pechirrojoSpanish
- tõmmu-siidkäguEstonian
- rusorintakukuFinnish
- Coua de SerreFrench
- Coua de SerrèsFrench
- riđoprsa kuaCroatian
- vörösmellű selyemkakukkHungarian
- Cua pettorossoItalian
- ムネアカジカッコウJapanese
- kaštonkrūtė madagaskarinė gegutėLithuanian
- KoaMalagasy
- VruchtencouaDutch
- rødbrystkoaNorwegian
- kuja rdzawopierśnaPolish
- cua-de-peito-vermelhoPortuguese
- Красногрудая тивукаRussian
- Красногрудая мадагаскарская кукушкаRussian
- koa červenoprsáSlovak
- Crvenogruda kuaSerbian
- rödbröstad kouaSwedish
- Kızıl Göğüslü KuaTurkish
- Kızıl göğüslü couaTurkish
- коуа рудоволийUkrainian
- 紅胸馬島鵑Chinese
- 红胸马岛鹃Chinese
Relatives of the red-breasted coua
Other species in the same genus Coua.
Blue coua
Coua caerulea
Delalande's coua
Coua delalandei
Crested coua
Coua cristata
Coquerel's coua
Coua coquereli
Giant coua
Coua gigas
Red-capped coua
Coua ruficeps
CompareRed-breasted coua vs Blue couaRed-breasted coua vs Delalande's couaRed-breasted coua vs Crested couaRed-breasted coua vs Coquerel's coua
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the red-breasted coua?
An adult red-breasted coua weighs 293 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the red-breasted coua endangered?
The red-breasted coua is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the red-breasted coua?
The red-breasted coua (Coua serriana) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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