This large ground-dwelling bird lives in forests of western and southern Madagascar. The bare blue skin around its eyes is conspicuous, and it forages on the forest floor.
It is large, with a long tail and bare blue skin around the eyes. This ground-dwelling coua is mostly brown overall.
It walks on the forest floor in search of insects, small animals, and fruit. It spends much of its foraging time on the ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.