Blyth's Frogmouth vs Large Frogmouth

Batrachostomus affinis مقارنةً بـ Batrachostomus auritus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Blyth's Frogmouth Large Frogmouth
الاسم العلمي Batrachostomus affinis Batrachostomus auritus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Podargidae Podargidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Vulnerable
الطول
طول الجناح 52,1 cm (20.5 in)
الوزن 47,8 g (1.69 oz) 206,0 g (7.27 oz)
النظام الغذائي Night-active insectivore feeding on large beetles, moths, and crickets; drops from low branches to capture … Crepuscular and nocturnal; hunts large insects, spiders, and small vertebrates by dropping from perches to …
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 1
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Blyth's Frogmouth only

بلا

Large Frogmouth only

Song & Call Comparison

Blyth's Frogmouth

الغناء

Soft, repeated hooting whistle; 'wooo' calls from lowland Indochina forest; gentle pitch; calls at night from dense undergrowth; closely related to Horsfield's Frogmouth

Large Frogmouth

الغناء

Deep, resonant 'whooo' or mellow hooting; one of Asia's largest frogmouths; calls from Bornean lowland forest at night; soft ventriloquial quality; alarm a hiss

Geographic Range & Migration

Blyth's Frogmouth

Found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo in lowland forest and peat swamp forest. Closely related to Horsfield's Frogmouth.

Large Frogmouth

Found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Borneo in lowland and hill dipterocarp forest. Restricted to primary forest below 1,000 m. Scarce.

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

Blyth's Frogmouth

Vulnerable

Large Frogmouth

How to Tell Them Apart

Blyth's Frogmouth

الريش

Males brown-grey with dark vermiculations and white scapular spots; females rufous-buff with spotted coverts; Sundaland frogmouth recently split from Horsfield's; differs in marginally warmer brown tone and distribution.

Large Frogmouth

الريش

Large Bornean frogmouth; males grey-brown with fine black vermiculations and white scapular spots; females rich chestnut-brown with white-spotted wing coverts; yellow eyes; prominent rictal bristles; largest of the Batrachostomus frogmouths.

About These Birds

Blyth's Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (23-25 cm) found in lowland forests from Myanmar through mainland Southeast Asia to Borneo. Brown plumage with pale collar. Nocturnal insectivore. Closely related to Horsfield's Frogmouth. Inhabits primary and secondary forest undergrowth.

Large Frogmouth

A large frogmouth (38-42 cm) of lowland rainforests in Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. Rich brown plumage with white ear-tufts. Nocturnal insectivore with an enormous gape. The largest Asian frogmouth, feeding on large insects and small vertebrates.

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