Fan-tailed cuckoo

Cacomantis flabelliformis

The Fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) is a bird found in Australia. Forests and woods across Australia and the Pacific islands. It eats insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Cacomantis flabelliformis
Region	Australia & Oceania
Found in	Australia

🏡 Where the Fan-tailed cuckoo lives

Forests and woods across Australia and the Pacific islands.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs100%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Its call is a series of rising trills, and it lays eggs in other birds' nests.

Hear the Fan-tailed cuckoo

Recorded by Étienne Leroy (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1069914. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Fan-tailed cuckoo

Where does the Fan-tailed cuckoo live?

The Fan-tailed cuckoo lives in Australia. Forests and woods across Australia and the Pacific islands.

What does the Fan-tailed cuckoo eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 100%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Fan-tailed cuckoo endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.