Blyth's Frogmouth vs Horsfield's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus affinis dibandingkan dengan Batrachostomus javensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atribut Blyth's Frogmouth Horsfield's Frogmouth
Nama Ilmiah Batrachostomus affinis Batrachostomus javensis
Ordo Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Famili Podargidae Podargidae
Status Konservasi Not Evaluated Least Concern
Panjang
Rentang Sayap 22,2 cm (8.7 in)
Berat 47,8 g (1.69 oz) 46,333333333333336 g (1.63 oz)
Diet Night-active insectivore feeding on large beetles, moths, and crickets; drops from low branches to capture … Feeds nocturnally on large beetles, millipedes, and worms; occasionally takes small lizards by ground-pouncing.
Ukuran Sarang 1-2 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitat Bersama

Blyth's Frogmouth only

None

Horsfield's Frogmouth only

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Song & Call Comparison

Blyth's Frogmouth

Kicauan

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

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Kicauan

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

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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.

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.

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Status Konservasi

Not Evaluated

Blyth's Frogmouth

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blyth's Frogmouth

Bulu

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.

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Bulu

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.

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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.

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.

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