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 1 year ago 35 sec 4.5 -
Single calling bird, 'video-scoped'. Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 22 April 2007 4 years ago 1 min 3 sec 4.5 -
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 2 years ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A male perched singing, responding to another bird. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, South Province, New Caledonia (ssp pyrrophanus)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 2 years ago 29 sec 4.3 -
Single bird responding to my imitation of it's 'Pip-weeer' call. Locality Apex Park, Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp Flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 25 May 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 32 sec 4.3 -
An adult perched on a post Locality Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 30 June 1995 8 years ago 31 sec 4.1
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Fan-tailed cuckoo call for mate.
Locality Yanchep National Park, Western Australia, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 15 July 2011 16 weeks ago 4.2 -
adult bird perched on branch
Locality Trevallyn Recreational Area, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Dirk Tomsa 3 October 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
A bird resting in a tree.
Locality Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
Bogdan Krajewski 6 August 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Juvenile resting after meal.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 14 January 2003 4 years ago 4 -
Young adult resting after feeding on hairy-caterpillars.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia (ssp flabelliformis)
Tom Tarrant 14 January 2003 4 years ago 4 -
Juvenile fan-tailed cuckoo
Locality Kambah Pool Reserve, Kambah, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 7 January 2011 2 years ago 3.9
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Two birds singing. Locality Parc de la Rivière Bleue, South Province, New Caledonia
(ssp pyrrophanus)
Josep del Hoyo 21 October 2010 2 years ago 5 -
Song by two birds. Locality O'Reilly's, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
(ssp flabelliformis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 October 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Mount Austen, Guadalcanal Island, Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands
Josep del Hoyo 21 September 2010 2 years ago 4 -
A bird singing. Locality Chiltern-Mount Pilot National Park, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia
(ssp flabelliformis)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A bird calling at dawn. Locality Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia
(ssp flabelliformis)
Nick Talbot 23 January 2013 20 weeks ago 3
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