| Batrachostomus | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Philippine frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus) | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Clade: | Strisores | 
| Order: | Podargiformes | 
| Family: | Podargidae | 
| Genus: | Batrachostomus Gould, 1838 | 
| Type species | |
| Podargus auritus  Gray, JE, 1829 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.
The genus Batrachostomus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, Podargus auritus Gray, JE, the large frogmouth, which is therefore the type species. [1] [2] The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; batracho-/βατραχο- 'frog' and stoma-/στομα 'mouth'. [3]
The genus contains 12 species: [4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|---|
|   | Batrachosomus auritus | Large frogmouth | Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | 
|   | Batrachosomus harterti | Dulit frogmouth | Borneo montane rain forests | 
|   | Batrachosomus septimus | Philippine frogmouth | Philippines | 
|   | Batrachosomus stellatus | Gould's frogmouth | Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo | 
|   | Batrachosomus moliliger | Sri Lanka frogmouth | southwest India and Sri Lanka | 
|   | Batrachosomus hodgsoni | Hodgson's frogmouth | montane northeast India and Indochina | 
| - | Batrachosomus poliolophus | Sumatran frogmouth | Sumatra | 
| - | Batrachosomus mixtus | Bornean frogmouth | Borneo | 
| - | Batrachosomus javensis | Javan frogmouth | Java | 
|   | Batrachosomus affinis | Blyth's frogmouth | Southeast Asia | 
| - | Batrachosomus chaseni | Palawan frogmouth | Palawan | 
| - | Batrachosomus cornutus | Sunda frogmouth | Sumatra and Borneo |