Large Frogmouth vs Dulit Frogmouth

Batrachostomus auritus مقارنةً بـ Batrachostomus harterti

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Large Frogmouth Dulit Frogmouth
الاسم العلمي Batrachostomus auritus Batrachostomus harterti
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Podargidae Podargidae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 52,1 cm (20.5 in) 48,4 cm (19.1 in)
الوزن 206,0 g (7.27 oz) 206,0 g (7.27 oz)
النظام الغذائي Crepuscular and nocturnal; hunts large insects, spiders, and small vertebrates by dropping from perches to … Nocturnal carnivore feeding on large beetles, worms, and small lizards; also takes moths in low …
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Large Frogmouth only

Dulit Frogmouth only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Dulit Frogmouth

الغناء

Soft hooting whistle; mellow repeated 'hoo-hoo'; calls from Bornean montane forest; similar to Large Frogmouth but higher-pitched; rarely recorded; call easily missed

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Geographic Range & Migration

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.

Dulit Frogmouth

Endemic to the highlands of Borneo at 900–2,500 m. Found in montane forest on Gunung Dulit and other ranges in Sarawak and Sabah. Rare.

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حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Large Frogmouth

Least Concern

Dulit Frogmouth

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Dulit Frogmouth

الريش

Males dark grey with black vermiculations and white-spotted scapulars; females deep rufous-chestnut with white-spotted coverts; Borneo montane endemic; strongly dimorphic with male grey and female rufous patterns contrasting sharply.

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About These Birds

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.

Dulit Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (25-27 cm) endemic to montane forests of northern Borneo. Dark brown plumage. Nocturnal insectivore. One of the rarest and least known frogmouths, known from very few specimens. Limited information on ecology and behavior.

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