Horsfield's Frogmouth vs Marbled Frogmouth

Batrachostomus javensis 比較対象 Podargus ocellatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Horsfield's Frogmouth Marbled Frogmouth
学名 Batrachostomus javensis Podargus ocellatus
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Podargidae Podargidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 35.2 cm (13.9 in)
体重 46.333333333333336 g (1.63 oz) 205.83333333333334 g (7.26 oz)
食性 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.
一腹卵数 1-2 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Horsfield's Frogmouth only

Marbled Frogmouth only

None

Song & Call Comparison

Horsfield's Frogmouth

さえずり

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

さえずり

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.

保全状況

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Least Concern

Marbled Frogmouth

How to Tell Them Apart

Horsfield's Frogmouth

羽毛

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

羽毛

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

マレー半島・スマトラ・ジャワ・ボルネオの低地と山麓の林に生息する中型のガマグチヨタカ(21〜25cm)。赤褐色の胸帯を持つ暗褐色の羽毛。密な林下生えの夜行性昆虫食者。特徴的な口笛のような鳴き声で発見されることが多い。

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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