Batrachostomus

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Batrachostomus
Batrachostomus septimus 01.jpg
Philippine frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Podargiformes
Family: Podargidae
Genus: Batrachostomus
Gould, 1838
Type species
Podargus auritus
Gray, JE, 1829
Species

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Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy

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]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Large Frogmouth.jpg  Batrachosomus auritus Large frogmouth Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
0A2A4818 Dulit Frogmouth.jpg  Batrachosomus harterti Dulit frogmouth Borneo montane rain forests
Batrachostomus septimus 01.jpg  Batrachosomus septimus Philippine frogmouth Philippines
Gould's frogmouth.jpg  Batrachosomus stellatus Gould's frogmouth Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
Sri Lanka frogmouth from Arippa.jpg  Batrachosomus moliliger Sri Lanka frogmouth southwest India and Sri Lanka
Batrachostomus hodgsoni.jpg  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
Blyth's Frogmouth - Krung Ching National Park (cropped).jpg  Batrachosomus affinis Blyth's frogmouth Southeast Asia
Batrachosomus chaseni Palawan frogmouth Palawan
Batrachosomus cornutus Sunda frogmouth Sumatra and Borneo

References

  1. Gould, John (1838). Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe. Vol. Part 2. London: self. Plate 17 and text (plates not numbered).
  2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 177.
  3. Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN   0-19-910207-4.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Nightjars, Oilbird, potoos, frogmouths". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 September 2025.