Horsfield's Frogmouth vs Marbled Frogmouth

Batrachostomus javensis مقارنةً بـ Podargus ocellatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Horsfield's Frogmouth Marbled Frogmouth
الاسم العلمي Batrachostomus javensis Podargus ocellatus
الرتبة Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
الفصيلة Podargidae Podargidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 22,2 cm (8.7 in) 35,2 cm (13.9 in)
الوزن 46,333333333333336 g (1.63 oz) 205,83333333333334 g (7.26 oz)
النظام الغذائي Feeds nocturnally on large beetles, millipedes, and worms; occasionally takes small lizards by ground-pouncing. Strictly nocturnal; takes large beetles, frogs, and lizards by silent perch-drop onto the forest floor.
عدد البيض في الوضع 1-2 1-2
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Horsfield's Frogmouth only

Marbled Frogmouth only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Horsfield's Frogmouth

الغناء

Melodic 'choo-choo-choo' or plaintive whistle; repeated soft notes; calls from Javan and Philippine forest at night; pitch moderate; pairs often answer each other

Marbled Frogmouth

الغناء

Loud 'oom-oom-oom' or bubbling cackle; resonant hollow hooting; calls from New Guinea forest at night; alarm a harsh hiss; repertoire includes soft cooing and chuckling

Geographic Range & Migration

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Found from the Thai-Malay Peninsula through Sumatra, Java, and Borneo to the Philippines. Resident in lowland and hill forest below 1,000 m.

Marbled Frogmouth

Found in New Guinea and Australia (Cape York Peninsula). Resident in tropical rainforest, vine thickets, and dense monsoon forest.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Least Concern

Marbled Frogmouth

How to Tell Them Apart

Horsfield's Frogmouth

الريش

Males grey-brown with black freckling and white scapular spots; females warm tawny-rufous with bold white-spotted wing coverts; smallest of the Southeast Asian frogmouths; Javan endemic with finely patterned cryptic plumage.

Marbled Frogmouth

الريش

Intricately marbled chestnut-brown and black upperparts with pale buff ocellations; underparts pale buff barred dark brown; large yellow eyes; massive hooked bill; female averages more rufous-chestnut than grey-brown male.

About These Birds

Horsfield's Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (21-25 cm) found in lowland and foothill forests of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. Dark brown plumage with rufous breast band. Nocturnal insectivore of dense forest undergrowth. Often detected by its distinctive whistled call.

Marbled Frogmouth

A large frogmouth (38-50 cm) found in New Guinea and surrounding islands and northeast Australia. Mottled brown, black, and white plumage resembling tree bark. Nocturnal insectivore with a wide, hooked bill. Inhabits rainforest and forest edges.

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