Verreaux's coua
Coua verreauxi A. Grandidier, 1867
The verreaux's coua (Coua verreauxi) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 99 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the verreaux's coua
- Weight
- 99 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the verreaux's coua live?
Not recorded
What is the verreaux's coua?
Verreaux's coua (Coua verreauxi) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. According to a BBC documentary, it is found only near a salt lake in the southern part of the island. The lake is 16 km long but only a couple of metres deep. The area has been drying out for the last 40,000 years and the organisms living here have become adapted to conserve water.
The bird's name commemorates French ornithologist and collector Jules Verreaux.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The birds are found in southern part of the spiny forest zone. They live in coastal euphorbia scrub, and are most active at dawn and dusk. Birders listen for its descending series of loud contact calls, "corick-corick-corick-corick". A sympatric species is the crested coua, C. cristata.
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Is the verreaux's coua endangered?
The verreaux's 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. What the categories mean.
How is the verreaux's coua classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusCoua
- SpeciesCoua verreauxi A. Grandidier, 1867
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- VECOEnglish
- كوا فيرويةArabic
- kukalka vlasatáCzech
- coa VerreauxWelsh
- Lille SilkegøgDanish
- BreitschopfcouaGerman
- Breitschopf-SeidenkuckuckGerman
- BreitschopfseidenkuckuckGerman
- hara kuaoEsperanto
- Cúa de VerreauxSpanish
- väike-siidkäguEstonian
- eteläntöyhtökukuFinnish
- Coua de VerreauxFrench
- mala kuaCroatian
- Verreaux-selyemkakukkHungarian
- Cua di VerreauxItalian
- ミナミジカッコウJapanese
- Vero madagaskarinė gegutėLithuanian
- ArefyMalagasy
- TivokaMalagasy
- Grijze CouaDutch
- småkoaNorwegian
- kuja małaPolish
- cua-pequenoPortuguese
- cua-de-verreauxPortuguese
- Чубатая тивукаRussian
- Чубатая мадагаскарская кукушкаRussian
- koa maláSlovak
- Veroova kuaSerbian
- törnkouaSwedish
- verreauxkouaSwedish
- Vereaux KuasıTurkish
- Verreaux couasıTurkish
- коуа малийUkrainian
- 南凤头马岛鹃Chinese
- 弗若氏馬島鵑Chinese
Relatives of the verreaux's 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
CompareVerreaux's coua vs Blue couaVerreaux's coua vs Delalande's couaVerreaux's coua vs Crested couaVerreaux's coua vs Coquerel's coua
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the verreaux's coua?
An adult verreaux's coua weighs 99 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the verreaux's coua endangered?
The verreaux's 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 verreaux's coua?
The verreaux's coua (Coua verreauxi) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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