Delalande's coua
Delalande's coua | |
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Turnaround video of specimen RMNH 110100, Naturalis Biodiversity Center | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes
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Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Coua |
Species: | †C. delalandei
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Binomial name | |
†Coua delalandei (Temminck, 1827)
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Synonyms | |
Coccycus delalandei Temminck, 1827 |
Delalande's coua (Coua delalandei), also known as the snail-eating coua or Delalande's coucal, is an
Extinction
Of the 14 specimens that exist nowadays, all but two are known to have taken between 1827 and 1834, many by the surgeon and naturalist Chevalier
There are some reports that the locals on the adjacent mainland were still occasionally hunting this bird for its decorative plumage in the 1920s, but these seem in error, these records probably referring to the blue coua. What is known with certainty is that in 1932, large sums were offered to well-connected animal dealers in Antananarivo for specimens of Delalande's coua, but they were unable to procure any. The color pattern of the species is unique among couas, which may be a hint that it evolved in fact in the isolation of Nosy Boraha and never occurred anywhere else. Specimens from "Tamatave" probably just indicate their port of shipment or the location of the animal dealer who procured them.
References
- . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- Temminck, Coenraad Jacob (1827): [Coccycus delalandei]. In: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, etc. 74: plate 440. Strasbourg & Amsterdam.
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