Adult © Andreas Heikaus
Adult © James Churches
Adult © Dennis Devers
Juvenile © Stephen Murray
+ 2
Juvenile © Jill Duncan & Ken Bissett

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis

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Identification

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A medium-sized cuckoo, with a warm buff colored chest and belly. Bright yellow eyering and heavily barred tail. Take care to identify from Brush Cuckoo (which has a gray eyering), and from Pallid Cuckoo (which is paler and lacks the warm breast tones). Often detected by sound since this species calls frequently with a descending trill. Perches in the midstory on exposed branches, and flushes easily to a nearby perch.

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