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Definition of Frogmouths

Frogmouth
Frogmouth Frog"mouth`, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus (family Podargid[ae]); -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.

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- The frogmouths (Podargidae) are a group of nocturnal birds related to owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds. Species in the group are distributed in...
- frogmouths belong to the frogmouth genus Podargus, which includes the two other species of frogmouths found within Australia, the marbled frogmouth and...
- were regarded as a subfamily of the frogmouths, and they are still generally considered to be related to the frogmouths and/or the nightjars. It appears...
- well as no rufous on breast. Hodgson's frogmouth is the most well-marked ****ual dichromatic of all frogmouths. The male is rufous brown. Upper parts are...
- distinction, the Solomons frogmouth was moved to a newly-coined genus, Rigidipenna in 2007. The Solomons frogmouth differs from other frogmouths in several ways...
- The Dulit frogmouth (Batrachostomus harterti) is a little-known species of bird in the frogmouth family, Podargidae, with a patchily recorded distribution...
- and a wide mouth. Potoos are nocturnal and are related to nightjars and frogmouths. They lack the characteristic bristles around the mouths of true nightjars...
- lowland forests, up to 500 metres elevation. Gould's frogmouths are insectivore like many other frogmouths in the area. They will feed on different types of...
- plumage. This bird reaches 23 centimetres (9.1 in) in length. Like all frogmouths, this species has a wide and hooked bill with slit-like nostrils and the...
- The marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a bird in the family Podargidae. The species was first described by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul...