Sunda Frogmouth vs Horsfield's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus cornutus comparado com Batrachostomus javensis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Sunda Frogmouth Horsfield's Frogmouth
Nome científico Batrachostomus cornutus Batrachostomus javensis
Ordem Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Família Podargidae Podargidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 26,7 cm (10.5 in) 22,2 cm (8.7 in)
Peso 46,3 g (1.63 oz) 46,333333333333336 g (1.63 oz)
Dieta Nocturnal forager on large insects and small lizards; sallies from perches to ground in dense … Feeds nocturnally on large beetles, millipedes, and worms; occasionally takes small lizards by ground-pouncing.
Tamanho da postura 1 1-2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Sunda Frogmouth only

Nenhum

Horsfield's Frogmouth only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Sunda Frogmouth

Canto

Soft 'koo-koo' or melodic hooting; moderate pitch; calls from Sundaic lowland forest at night; pairs duet with answering calls; alarm a sharp hiss; ventriloquial quality

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Canto

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

Sunda Frogmouth

Found on Borneo, Sumatra, and adjacent small islands in lowland and hill rainforest below 1,000 m. Uncommon primary forest resident.

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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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Sunda Frogmouth

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sunda Frogmouth

Plumagem

Males brown-grey finely stippled with black and bearing white scapular spots; small white feather tufts above eye form horn-like projections; females rufous-chestnut with white spots; Sundaic species uniquely decorated with …

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Plumagem

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

Sunda Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (23-28 cm) found in lowland rainforests of Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Dark brown plumage with small ear-tufts. Nocturnal insectivore of forest interior. Distinguished from other Asian frogmouths by its horn-like feather tufts above the eyes.

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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