Verreaux's Coua

Verreaux's Coua
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Coua
Species:	C. verreauxi
Binomial name
Coua verreauxi Grandidier, 1867

Verreaux's Coua (Coua verreauxi) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its name commemorates French ornithologist and collector Jules Verreaux.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

• BirdLife International 2004. Coua verreauxi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.