Fan-tailed Cuckoo bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsAsh-coloured Cuckoo, Fan tailed Cuckoo, Ash-colored Cuckoo, Fan-tailed Brush-Cuckoo
Old latin name for birdCuculus pyrrhophanus, Cacomantis pyrrhophanus, Cuculus flabelliformis, Cuculus pyrrophanus, Cacomantis pyrrophanus
OrderCuckoos and relatives / Cuculiformes
FamilyCuckoos / Cuculidae
GenusCacomantis
Breeding regionAustralasia, Pacific ocean
Breeding subregionmontane New Guinea, sw, e Australia and Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji (sw Polynesia)

Fan-tailed Cuckoo bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, male, © Greg McLachlan
    Australia
  • 2.
    Song, © George Wagner
    France
  • 3.
    Call, © Stephen Bushell
    Australia
  • 4.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 5.
    Song, © Phil Gregory
    Papua New Guinea
  • 6.
    Song, © Phil Gregory
    Papua New Guinea
  • 7.
    Alarm call, © Phil Gregory
    Papua New Guinea
  • 8.
    Male, song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 9.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 10.
    Song, © Diego Caiafa
    Australia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Fan-tailed Cuckoo

Fan-tailed Cuckoo subspecies (6)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Cacomantis flabelliformis excitusmontane New Guinea-No
Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformissw WA, s SA to Tasmania and ec QLD (sw, e Australia and Tasmania)to Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and s New GuineaNo
Cacomantis flabelliformis meekic Solomon Is.-No
Cacomantis flabelliformis pyrrophanusNew Caledonia including Loyalty Is.-No
Cacomantis flabelliformis schistaceigularisVanuatu-No
Cacomantis flabelliformis simusw, c Fiji (sw Polynesia)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalancucut cua de ventall
Chinese扇尾杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional)扇尾杜鵑
Croatianriđotrba kukavica
CzechKukacka vejírová, kukačka východoaustralská, kukačka proměnlivá
DanishViftehalegøg
DutchWaaierstaartkoekoek, Rechtstaartkoekoek
Esperantoventumvosta kukolo
Estoniankiilsaba-tüüdukägu
Finnishviuhkakäki
FrenchCoucou à éventail
GermanFächerschwanzkuckuck, Graukehlkuckuck
IndonesianWiwik kipas
ItalianCuculo codaventaglio, Cuculo dalla coda a ventaglio
Japaneseウチワヒメカッコウ
Lithuanianskėstauodegė šeriuotoji gegutė
NorwegianKilehalegjøk, kilehalegjøk
Norwegian NynorskKilehalegauk
Polishkukułka wachlarzowata, kukulka wachlarzowata
Portuguesecuco-cauda-de-leque, cuco-de-olho-amarelo
RussianВеерохвостая кукушка, Веерохвостая щетинистая кукушка
SerbianKukavica lepezarka
Slovakkukučka škoricová
SpanishCucu de Cola Abanico, Cuco flabeliforme
Swedishaustralisk buskgök
TurkishYelpaze Kuyruklu Guguk
Ukrainianкукавка віялохвоста