| Cacomantis | |
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| Fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cacomantis S. Müller, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus flavus[1] = Cuculus merulinus Gmelin, 1788
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Cacomantis is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. The name is from the Ancient Greek κακομαντις (kakomantis) meaning "prophet of evil". Most species have a round nostril and are mainly in brown and gray colours. The tails are graduated and barred. The bars are transverse in sonneratii and oblique in all others.[2]
- ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Payne, RB (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. p. 422