Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) - HBW 4, p. 561
French: Coucou à éventail
German: Fächerschwanzkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco Flabeliforme
Other common names: Fan-tailed Brush Cuckoo, Ash-coloured Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus flabelliformis Latham, 1801, Sydney area, New South Wales.
Sometimes placed in Cuculus. Species formerly listed as C. pyrrophanus (or erroneously as C. pyrrhophanus), due to confusion as to which form had been the original model for the painting used as the basis of the name flabelliformis. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- excitus Rothschild & Hartert, 1907 - mountains of New Guinea.
- flabelliformis (Latham, 1801) - E Australia from Cape York to SE Australia and Tasmania; also SW Western Australia.
- pyrrophanus (Vieillot, 1817) - New Caledonia and Loyalty Is.
- excitus Rothschild & Hartert, 1907 - mountains of New Guinea.
- flabelliformis (Latham, 1801) - E Australia from Cape York to SE Australia and Tasmania; also SW Western Australia.
- pyrrophanus (Vieillot, 1817) - New Caledonia and Loyalty Is.
- schistaceigularis Sharpe, 1900 - Vanuatu.
- simus (Peale, 1848) - Fiji.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Immature bird perched. Locality New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 19 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 35 sec 4.5 -
Single calling bird, 'video-scoped'. Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis )
Tom Tarrant 22 April 2007 3 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4.4 -
Rear view of a bird perched in a tree. The bird then turns around. Locality Woodlands Historic Park, Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Nick Talbot 21 May 2011 34 weeks ago 23 sec 4.4 -
An adult perched on a post Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 30 June 1995 7 years ago 31 sec 4.1 -
A male perched singing, responding to another bird. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp pyrrophanus)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 48 weeks ago 29 sec 4 -
A dorsal view of a male perched, looking around. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia (ssp pyrrophanus)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 48 weeks ago 24 sec 4
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A bird resting in a tree.
Locality Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Bogdan Krajewski 6 August 2011 27 weeks ago 4.2 -
adult bird perched on branch
Locality Trevallyn Recreational Area, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Dirk Tomsa 3 October 2009 25 weeks ago 4.1 -
Juvenile fan-tailed cuckoo
Locality Kambah Pool Reserve, Kambah, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 7 January 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Young adult resting after feeding on hairy-caterpillars.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 14 January 2003 3 years ago 4 -
Juvenile resting after meal.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 14 January 2003 3 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched on a twig.
Locality Woodlands Historic Park, Oaklands Junction, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ssp flabelliformis) (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 21 May 2011 37 weeks ago 3.7
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Two birds singing. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia
(ssp pyrrophanus)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 48 weeks ago 5 -
A bird singing. Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
(ssp flabelliformis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2009 1 year ago 4.5 -
Song by two birds. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
(ssp flabelliformis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 50 weeks ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
Josep del Hoyo 21 September 2010 1 year ago 4
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