Batrachostomus

For the early rauisuchid, see Batrachotomus.

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.

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]

• Large frogmouth, Batrachostomus auritus – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, north Natuna Islands (northwest of Borneo), Borneo and Labuan (west of northeast Borneo)
• Dulit frogmouth, Batrachostomus harterti – montane northeast Sarawak and central north Kalimantan (central north Borneo)
• Philippine frogmouth, Batrachostomus septimus – Philippines (except Palawan group and Mindoro)
• Gould's frogmouth, Batrachostomus stellatus – Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Riau and Lingga Islands (east of central Sumatra), Bangka Island (east of south Sumatra), north Natuna Islands (northwest of Borneo) and Borneo
• Sri Lanka frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger – southwest India and Sri Lanka
• Hodgson's frogmouth, Batrachostomus hodgsoni – northeast India to southeast Asia
• Sumatran frogmouth, Batrachostomus poliolophus – montane Sumatra
• Bornean frogmouth, Batrachostomus mixtus – montane Borneo
• Javan frogmouth, Batrachostomus javensis – Java
• Blyth's frogmouth, Batrachostomus affinis – north Thailand, south Myanmar, central Vietnam to Malay Peninsula, north Sumatra, Riau Islands (east of central Sumatra) and Borneo
• Palawan frogmouth, Batrachostomus chaseni – Palawan group (west Philippines) and Banggi Island (north of northeast Borneo)
• Sunda frogmouth, Batrachostomus cornutus – 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.