Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
Family: Cuculidae
In Tench Reserve, 19 Aug 2004
© 2004 Mike Simpson
In Tench Reserve, 17 Aug 2005
© 2005 Mike Simpson
Status: Fairly Common/Part migratory
The Fan-tailed Cuckoo is a medium sized cuckoo, sometimes found in the Penrith area. It lays it's eggs in the nests of small birds such as Thornbills, Fairy Wrens, Flycatchers and some Honeyeaters.

This bird's breast is more of a buff shade than shown in this photograph.

Size: 25-27cm
Nesting Ecology: The Fan-tailed Cuckoo does not build a nest, but as stated above lays an egg in the nest of another bird.
Australian Distribution: E.Australia around to SW West Australia, also Tasmania.
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