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title: "Fan-tailed Cuckoo"
description: "Cacomantis flabelliformis — Aves. The fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/fan-tailed-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fan-tailed Cuckoo

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

- Scientific name: *Cacomantis flabelliformis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 5604
- Wikidata: [Q2736303](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2736303)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1850](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1850)

## Names

- en: Fan-tailed Cuckoo
- de: Fächerschwanzkuckuck
- es: Cuco flabeliforme
- fr: Coucou à éventail
- nl: Waaierstaartkoekoek
- pl: Kukułka wachlarzowata

## Countries with the most observations

AU (5305), PG (11), NC (10), FJ (7), ID (4)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan-tailed_cuckoo

## Photo

![Fan-tailed Cuckoo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fan-tailed-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: themaskedlapwing · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227259629

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fan-tailed-cuckoo?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).