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Fan-tailed cuckoo

Cacomantis flabelliformis (Latham, 1801)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 49.8 g to 49.9 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fan-tailed cuckoo

Weight
49.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the fan-tailed cuckoo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The fan-tailed cuckoo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the fan-tailed cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

It is found in Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

From the Wikipedia article “Fan-tailed cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fan-tailed_cuckoo&oldid=1379919777), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the fan-tailed cuckoo endangered?

The fan-tailed cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the fan-tailed cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCacomantis
  7. SpeciesCacomantis flabelliformis (Latham, 1801)

Synonyms Cuculus flabelliformis, Sylvia rubricata

Other names and names in other languages (42)
  • وقواق مروحي الذيلArabic
  • وقواق مروحى الذيلEgyptian Arabic
  • cucut cua de ventallCatalan
  • kukačka proměnliváCzech
  • kukačka východoaustralskáCzech
  • Cog gynffondaenWelsh
  • ViftehalegøgDanish
  • FächerschwanzkuckuckGerman
  • Ventumila kukoloEsperanto
  • ventumilvosta veprokukoloEsperanto
  • Cuco flabeliformeSpanish
  • kiilsaba-tüüdukäguEstonian
  • کوکوی دمپروانهایPersian
  • viuhkakäkiFinnish
  • Monteur de gammeFrench
  • Coucou à éventailFrench
  • riđotrba kukavicaCroatian
  • Legyezőfarkú kakukkHungarian
  • Wiwik kipasIndonesian
  • Cuculo codaventaglioItalian
  • Cuculo dalla coda a ventaglioItalian
  • ウチワヒメカッコウJapanese
  • skėstauodegė šeriuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • KilhalegjøkNorwegian Bokmål
  • WaaierstaartkoekoekDutch
  • WaaierstaartstruikkoekoekDutch
  • kilehalegjøkNorwegian
  • kukułka wachlarzowataPolish
  • cuco-cauda-de-lequePortuguese
  • cuco-de-olho-amareloPortuguese
  • Веерохвостая кукушкаRussian
  • Веерохвостая щетинистая кукушкаRussian
  • kukučka škoricováSlovak
  • Kukavica lepezarkaSerbian
  • solfjädersbuskgökSwedish
  • Australisk BuskgökSwedish
  • Yelpaze Kuyruklu GugukTurkish
  • Yelpaze Kuyruklu Guguk KuşuTurkish
  • кукавка віялохвостаUkrainian
  • Cu cu đuôi quạtVietnamese
  • 扇尾杜鵑Chinese
  • 扇尾杜鹃Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the fan-tailed cuckoo

Other species in the same genus Cacomantis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fan-tailed cuckoo?

An adult fan-tailed cuckoo weighs 49.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the fan-tailed cuckoo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the fan-tailed cuckoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the fan-tailed cuckoo endangered?

The fan-tailed cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the fan-tailed cuckoo?

The fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{fan_tailed_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fan-tailed-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}