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Coua (coua)

Reptilia - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Taxonomy
Coua was named by Schinz (1821). It is extant.

It was assigned to Centropodinae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Cuculidae by Lambrecht (1933), Burney et al. (2008) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Coua Schinz
1933Coua Lambrecht p. 606
2008Coua Burney et al. p. 18
2014Coua del Hoyo et al.
2017Coua Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderCuculimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCuculiformesWagler 1830
familyCuculidaeLeach 1820
genusCouaSchinz 1821

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Coua Schinz 1821 [coua]
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Coua berthae Goodman and Ravoavy 1993 [Bertha's coua]
Coua cristata Linnaeus 1766 [crested coua]
Coua cursor Grandidier 1867 [running coua]
Coua gigas Boddaert 1783 [giant coua]
Coua primaeva Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1895
Coua ruficeps Gray 1846 [red-capped coua]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available