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Tawny Frogmouth, Sydney, Australia

Tawny Frogmouth, Sydney, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
(unranked)Cypselomorphae
Order:see text
Family: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.

They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects. Their flight is weak.

They rest horizontally on branches during the day, camouflaged by their cryptic plumage. Up to three white eggs are laid in the fork of a branch, and are incubated by the female at night and the male in the day.

The three Podargus species are large frogmouths restricted to Australia and New Guinea, and have massive flat broad bills. The ten Batrachostomus frogmouths are found in tropical Asia. They have smaller, more rounded bills. In April 2007 a new species of frogmouth was described from the Solomon Islands and placed in a newly established genus, Rigidipenna.

Recent research suggests that the two frogmouth groups may not be as closely related as previously thought, and that the Asian species may be separable as a new family, the Batrachostomidae. Usually placed in the order Caprimulgiformes, another recent study has cast doubt on the frogmouths' placement within that order,[1] and they may be distinct enough to warrant an order of their own, Podargiformes, as Gregory Mathews proposed in 1918.

Genus Podargus Genus Batrachostomus Genus Rigidipenna

References

1. ^ Mayr, G. (2002): Osteological evidence for paraphyly of the avian order Caprimulgiformes (nightjars and allies). Journal für Ornithologie 143(1): 82–97. doi:10.1046/j.1439-0361.2002.01030.x HTML abstract

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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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Cypselomorphae is a clade of birds including Apodiformes, Nyctibiidae, Caprimulgidae, and Aegothelidae.[1][2][3] Their shared derived features are: ossa maxillaria separated by a large cleft, a mandible with very short
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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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Podargus

Podargus is a genus of bird in the Podargidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
  • Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
  • Tawny Frogmouth

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Batrachostomus
Gould, 1838

Species
  • Large Frogmouth, Batrachostomus auritus
  • Dulit Frogmouth, Batrachostomus harterti
  • Philippine Frogmouth, Batrachostomus septimus
  • Gould's Frogmouth,

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Rigidipenna

Species: R. inexpectata

Binomial name
Rigidipenna inexpectata
Cleere et al, 2007

The Solomon Islands Frogmouth
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nocturnality describes sleeping during the daytime and being active at night - the opposite of the diurnal human lifestyle, and that of those animals with which we are most familiar. The intermediate crepuscular schedule (twilight activity) is also common.
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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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Caprimulgidae
Vigors, 1825

Genera
  • Nyctiprogne
  • Podager
  • Lurocalis
  • Chordeiles
  • Nyctidromus
  • Phalaenoptilus
  • Siphonorhis
  • Nyctiphrynus
  • Caprimulgus

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Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with almost 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population.
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Anthem
Advance Australia Fair [1]


Capital Canberra

Largest city Sydney
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New Guinea<nowiki />

Political division of New Guinea

Geography
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Location Island north of Australian continent
Coordinates
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Motto
"To Lead is to Serve"
Anthem
God Save Our Solomon Islands
Royal anthem
God Save the Queen
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order (Latin: ordo, plural ordines) is a rank between class and family (termed a taxon at that rank). The superorder is a rank between class and order. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Code which applies.
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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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Gregory Macalister Mathews CBE (10 September 1876 - 27 March 1949) was an Australian amateur ornithologist.

Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to England around 1900.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1880s  1890s  1900s  - 1910s -  1920s  1930s  1940s
1915 1916 1917 - 1918 - 1919 1920 1921

Year 1918 (MCMXVIII
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P. strigoides

Binomial name
Podargus strigoides
(Latham, 1801)

The Tawny Frogmouth, Podargus strigoides
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P. ocellatus

Binomial name
Podargus ocellatus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

The Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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P. papuensis

Binomial name
Podargus papuensis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

The Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.
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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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