Blyth's Frogmouth vs Solomons Frogmouth

Batrachostomus affinis 比較対象 Rigidipenna inexpectata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Blyth's Frogmouth Solomons Frogmouth
学名 Batrachostomus affinis Rigidipenna inexpectata
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Podargidae Podargidae
保全状況 Not Evaluated Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 38.4 cm (15.1 in)
体重 47.8 g (1.69 oz) 188.0 g (6.63 oz)
食性 Night-active insectivore feeding on large beetles, moths, and crickets; drops from low branches to capture … Night-active predator catching large invertebrates (beetles, worms, centipedes) and occasionally small frogs by pouncing from …
一腹卵数 1-2 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Blyth's Frogmouth only

None

Solomons Frogmouth only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Blyth's Frogmouth

さえずり

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

Solomons Frogmouth

さえずり

Hollow hooting call from Solomon Islands forest; resonant 'boop-boop' at night; endemic to Guadalcanal; vocalizations rarely documented; soft frog-like quality

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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.

Solomons Frogmouth

Endemic to the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific. Found in lowland rainforest on major islands including Bougainville and Guadalcanal.

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保全状況

Not Evaluated

Blyth's Frogmouth

Near Threatened

Solomons Frogmouth

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blyth's Frogmouth

羽毛

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.

Solomons Frogmouth

羽毛

Dark rufous-brown upperparts with black streaks and pale buff mottling; underparts buff barred dark brown; stiff rectrices unique in frogmouths; Solomon Islands endemic distinguished by rigid tail feathers and rich …

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About These Birds

Blyth's Frogmouth

ミャンマーから東南アジア本土を経てボルネオにかけての低地林に生息する中型のガマグチヨタカ(23〜25cm)。淡い首輪を持つ褐色の羽毛。夜行性の昆虫食者。ホースフィールドガマグチヨタカと近縁。原生林と二次林の下生えに生息する。

Solomons Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (25-29 cm) endemic to the Solomon Islands. Dark brown plumage. Nocturnal insectivore of lowland rainforest. One of the least known birds in its family due to its remote island range. Limited ecological data available.

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