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Giant coua

Coua gigas

Photo by BevCarter
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Field Notes

Description:

member of the cuckoo family with reversible 3rd toe; blue eye patch; feeds on insects, seeds and sometimes small reptiles (chameleons).

Habitat:

dry forests of south and west Madagascar; often in gallery forests which lack dense shrub layers

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PublishedJune 24, 2014

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