According to a BBC documentary, it is found only near a salt lake in the southern part of the island.

Head with long, dark-tipped crest, pale blue bare skin around eye and black bill.

"[3] Verreaux's coua is endemic to the southwestern tip of Madagascar within the spiny forest zone.

Little is known of its reproductive habits but males are sometimes seen singing from the tops of trees in November suggesting that this is the breeding season.

The main threat it faces is the cutting of trees in the scrubland where it lives to make charcoal which happens especially alongside roads and near towns.