Information about Batrachostomus

Batrachostomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Caprimulgiformes
Family:Podargidae
Genus:Batrachostomus
Gould, 1838
Species
Batrachostomus is a genus of Frogmouths. The generic name is a direct translation from the Greek for "frogmouth"; batracho-/βατραχο- "frog" and stoma-/στομα "mouth".[1]

References

1. ^ Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4. 


For early rauisuchid see Batrachotomus
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Caprimulgiformes
Ridgway, 1881

Families

see text

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution (except Antarctica). They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal.
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Podargidae

Genera

Podargus
Batrachostomus
Rigidipenna

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are found from India across southern Asia to Australia.
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John Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist. The Gould League in Australia was named after him. His identification of Charles Darwin's finches was pivotal in the development of the theory of The Origin of Species.
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B. auritus

Binomial name
Batrachostomus auritus
(Gray, 1829)

The Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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B. harterti

Binomial name
Batrachostomus harterti
Sharpe, 1892

The Dulit Frogmouth (Batrachostomus harterti) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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B. septimus

Binomial name
Batrachostomus septimus
Tweeddale, 1877

The Philippine Frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus is a nocturnal bird that is found throughout the Philippine archipelago.
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B. stellatus

Binomial name
Batrachostomus stellatus
(Gould, 1837)

The Gould's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus stellatus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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B. moniliger

Binomial name
Batrachostomus moniliger
Blyth, 1849

The Sri Lanka Frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger, is a relatively small frogmouth.
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B. hodgsoni

Binomial name
Batrachostomus hodgsoni
(Gray, 1859)

The Hodgson's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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B. poliolophus

Binomial name
Batrachostomus poliolophus
Hartert, 1892

The Short-tailed Frogmouth (Batrachostomus poliolophus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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B. javensis

Binomial name
Batrachostomus javensis
(Horsfield, 1821)

The Javan Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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B. cornutus

Binomial name
Batrachostomus cornutus
(Temminck, 1822)

The Sunda Frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Podargidae

Genera

Podargus
Batrachostomus
Rigidipenna

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are found from India across southern Asia to Australia.
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Ancient Greek refers to the second stage in the history of the Greek language[1] as it existed during the Archaic (9th–6th centuries BC) and Classical (5th–4th centuries BC) periods in Greece.
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Batrachotomus (meaning frog slicer) belongs to Rauisuchia, a group of predatory and large Triassic archosaurs. It was an early relative of Postosuchus and lived in the Early and Mid Triassic, about 236-215 million years ago.
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