Species profile
Fan-Tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU, PO. Breeding subregions are montane New Guinea, sw, e Australia and Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji (sw Polynesia).
- Scientific name
- Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Genus
- Cacomantis
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Fan-Tailed Cuckoo in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Cuculidae
- African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
- African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
- Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
- Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
- Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)