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| Order |
Cuculiformes |
| Family |
Cuculidae |
| Scientific
name |
Cacomantis flabelliformis |
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English name |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
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| Status
in Vanuatu |
Breeds in Vanuatu |
| Recent
records |
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Distribution
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| Contributions |
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Images,
1
Recordings.
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| The range of this cuckoo includes Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Fiji. The subspecies schistaceigularis was once widespread and common in Vanuatu but its range may have contracted to the north (Bregulla, 1992). The Fan-tailed Cuckoo inhabits forests, secondary growth and more open wooded habitats. Its call has been described by Bregulla (1992) as a shrill series of identical two or three syllabic whistles, somewhat mournful and sounding like ‘torwee’. The first note is slow but each successive note increases in tempo and volume and is higher in pitch. VanBirds has a recording from Aneityum in 2006 of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo, identified by comparison to calls from eastern Australia in late winter/early spring. References. |
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