Fact Card
COMMON NAME: FAN-TAILED CUCKOO
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cacomantis flabelliformis
TYPE: Breeder
DIET: A variety of insect and their larvae, fruits and vegetables, small reptiles, mammals and birds, especially bird chicks.
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Cuculiformes / FAMILY – Cuculidae / GENUS – Cacomantis
Video: Fan Tailed Cuckoo
Audio: Fan Tailed Cuckoo
IUCN Red List Status
References
- Fan-tailed cuckoo. (2022, August 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan-tailed_cuckoo
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis. ICUN Red List. Retrieved September 18, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22683941/93008713
- [Tony Baylis]. (2011, March 23). Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis [Audio]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/233469
- [Stephen Wallace]. (2012, January 19). Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201633381
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
