Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Fan-tailed Cuckoo
The Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
- Scientific name
- Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Cacomantis flabelliformis excitus
- Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis
- Cacomantis flabelliformis pyrrophanus
- Cacomantis flabelliformis meeki
- Cacomantis flabelliformis schistaceigularis
- Cacomantis flabelliformis simus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus flabelliformis
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxx
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cuckoos
White-eared Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites meyerii
Little Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites minutillus
Pied Bronze Cuckoo
Chalcites crassirostris
Pallid Cuckoo
Heteroscenes pallidus
White-crowned Cuckoo
Caliechthrus leucolophus
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Cacomantis castaneiventris
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
Cacomantis passerinus
Sunda Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis sepulcralis
Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis virescens
Moluccan Brush Cuckoo
Cacomantis aeruginosus
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