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Crested Coua in Isola This gorgeous bird kept flying away just as we started out walk in Isola, I had to change very fast to the 500mm, so the photo is not that great. Coua cristata,Crested Coua,Isola,Madagascar Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Crested Coua in Isola

This gorgeous bird kept flying away just as we started out walk in Isola, I had to change very fast to the 500mm, so the photo is not that great.

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The Crested Coua is a medium-sized, approximately 44 cm long, greenish-grey coua with grey crest, blue bare orbital skin, rufous breast, brown iris, black bill and legs, white belly and long white-tipped purplish-blue tail feathers. They are very attractive birds.

The Crested Coua is distributed and endemic to forests, savanna and brushland of Madagascar. It is found from sea-level to altitude of 900 metres. The diet consists mainly of various insects, fruits, berries, seeds, snails.. more

Similar species: Cuckoos
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Feb 2, 2013. Captured Sep 11, 2012 07:41.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/6.3
  • 1/500s
  • ISO280
  • 500mm