Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Male, Cold, back
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Female, front
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo Male, Cold, back | | Fan-tailed Cuckoo Female, front | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves) | |||
| Order: | Cuckoos (Cuculiformes) | ||||
| Family: | Cuckoo (Cuculidae) | ||||
| Species: | Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, head | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), in the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere The chestnut breast is more obvious than the fanned tail. Grey back and wings. Similar to Grey shrike-thrush from behind. The eye ring is difficult to see. Very pretty up close, plain from a distance. | |||||
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