The Running Coua is a ground-dwelling bird of dry woodland and scrub in southwestern Madagascar. It walks while searching for insects and fallen fruit.
The sexes look alike. The back is bronzy grey, the throat orange-buff, the chest pale purple, and the belly white; bare skin around the eye is blue to pink.
It usually walks on the ground alone or in pairs, eating insects and spiders as well as fallen fruit and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.