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Snail-eating Coua

Coua delalandei

Cuckoos (Cuculidae) · Cuculiformes (Cuculiformes)

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Often mixed up with

In quizzes, players most often confuse Snail-eating Coua with these birds—either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.

Species Mix-ups
Giant Coua Coua gigas 1
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana 1

Family

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.

Order

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.

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