Horsfield's Frogmouth vs Solomons Frogmouth

Batrachostomus javensis 比較対象 Rigidipenna inexpectata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Horsfield's Frogmouth Solomons Frogmouth
学名 Batrachostomus javensis Rigidipenna inexpectata
Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Podargidae Podargidae
保全状況 Least Concern Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 38.4 cm (15.1 in)
体重 46.333333333333336 g (1.63 oz) 188.0 g (6.63 oz)
食性 Feeds nocturnally on large beetles, millipedes, and worms; occasionally takes small lizards by ground-pouncing. 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

Horsfield's Frogmouth only

Solomons Frogmouth only

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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

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

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.

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

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Near Threatened

Solomons Frogmouth

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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.

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

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。

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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