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Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis(Latham, 1801)
Least ConcernNative
- Order
- CUCULIFORMES
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Cacomantis
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The fan-tailed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- AU, PO : montane New Guinea, south-west and east Australia and Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji (south-west Polynesia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
flight · Quality B
Richard Fuller · Carindale, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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