- 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...
- papuensis, P. p. baileyi, and P. p. rogersi. The
Papuan frogmouth is the
largest of
frogmouths in
terms of length.
Average sizes indicate that it only...
-
known as the rhamphotheca.
Frogmouths have a
desmognathous palate,
meaning the
maxillopalatine bones are fused.
Frogmouths as well as
other nocturnal...
- More specifically, the Blyth’s
frogmouths are
scattered between southeastern Myanmar and Indonesia. Like
other frogmouth species, they are insectivorous...
- 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
marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a bird in the
family Podargidae. The
species was
first described by Jean René
Constant Quoy and
Joseph Paul...
- The
Palawan frogmouth (Batrachostomus chaseni) is a
species of bird in the
family Podargidae. It is
found on
Palawan in the Philippines. Its
natural habitat...
- 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...
- 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...
