Olive-capped Coua
Coua olivaceiceps
Long-tailed, long-legged understory bird with a brownish-green cap. Found in spiny forest at low elevations in southwestern Madagascar. Sometimes uses degraded forest. Rather shy, and quickly walks away from any disturbance. Most common calls are an explosive, ascending series of whistles and a low-pitched “hoo-hoo-hoo”. Similar to Running Coua, but has longer tail and legs, and lacks the pink facial skin of Running. Smaller than Giant Coua, without its rufous belly and pink facial skin.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Coua olivaceiceps
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Coua
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Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds
Ash-colored Cuckoo
Coccycua cinerea
Nondescript and retiring cuckoo with a pale ashy-brown back and pale underparts. Note the thin white tail tips and red eyering and iris. An austral migrant. Usually found in dry woodlands, scrub, savannas, gallery forests, and also in the borders of humid moist forests in the nonbreeding season. The song is a series of “cow-w cow-w cow cow” notes.
Tamaulipas Crow
Corvus imparatus
Small glossy crow, common in northeast Mexico. Occurs in towns, villages, rubbish dumps, farmland, and semiopen areas with hedges and taller trees. Social and usually in flocks, at times of hundreds. Most likely to be confused with male Great-tailed Grackle, which has pale eyes and longer and keel-shaped tail (shed in late-summer molt). Chihuahuan Raven much larger, with much heavier bill and different voice. Calls of Tamaulipas Crow are low, froglike croaks.
Pink-legged Graveteiro
Acrobatornis fonsecai
Predominantly gray species with a long tail and pink legs. Note the darker gray crown and paler eyebrow. Found principally in shaded cacao plantations or adjacent remnant forests across a very restricted range. Forages acrobatically in the canopy and subcanopy and often accompanies mixed-species flocks. Builds a large stick nest.
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