Batrachostomus
| 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
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| 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]
| 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 |
References
- ^ 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).
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 177.
- ^ Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4.
- ^ 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.