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Delalande's coua

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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
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may also have contributed to its demise, probably less by direct predation than by competition for food, but there probably was a thriving rat population on Nosy Boraha as soon as 1700, considering that the island was a favorite place for pirates to overhaul. Cats, which would have preyed on the
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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
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extant in modern times - was very spectacular, it was much sought after as a museum piece. However, it probably was restricted to coastal rainforest on Nosy Boraha, and its habitat was largely destroyed by
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bird, were probably introduced only in the 19th century and make a more likely candidate for an introduced species that had a negative impact on Delalande's coua.
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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
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before that date, and one specimen may have been taken as late as 1850. As this species - the second-largest
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shipment or the location of the animal dealer who procured them.
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In: Nouveau recueil de planches coloriees d'oiseaux, etc.
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Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Conservation status
Extinct
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Cuculiformes
Cuculidae
Coua
Binomial name
Temminck
Synonyms
Temminck
extinct
species
cuckoo
Madagascar
Fito
Maroantsetra
Toamasina
Toamasina Province
Nosy Boraha
land snails

Joseph Alphonse Bernier
Paris

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