Dulit Frogmouth vs Horsfield's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus harterti เปรียบเทียบกับ Batrachostomus javensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Dulit Frogmouth Horsfield's Frogmouth
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Batrachostomus harterti Batrachostomus javensis
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Podargidae Podargidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 48.4 cm (19.1 in) 22.2 cm (8.7 in)
น้ำหนัก 206.0 g (7.27 oz) 46.333333333333336 g (1.63 oz)
อาหาร Nocturnal carnivore feeding on large beetles, worms, and small lizards; also takes moths in low … Feeds nocturnally on large beetles, millipedes, and worms; occasionally takes small lizards by ground-pouncing.
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Habitat Comparison

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Dulit Frogmouth only

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Horsfield's Frogmouth only

Song & Call Comparison

Dulit Frogmouth

เสียงร้อง

Soft hooting whistle; mellow repeated 'hoo-hoo'; calls from Bornean montane forest; similar to Large Frogmouth but higher-pitched; rarely recorded; call easily missed

Horsfield's Frogmouth

เสียงร้อง

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

Geographic Range & Migration

Dulit Frogmouth

Endemic to the highlands of Borneo at 900–2,500 m. Found in montane forest on Gunung Dulit and other ranges in Sarawak and Sabah. Rare.

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.

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Dulit Frogmouth

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

How to Tell Them Apart

Dulit Frogmouth

ขนนก

Males dark grey with black vermiculations and white-spotted scapulars; females deep rufous-chestnut with white-spotted coverts; Borneo montane endemic; strongly dimorphic with male grey and female rufous patterns contrasting sharply.

Horsfield's Frogmouth

ขนนก

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.

About These Birds

Dulit Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (25-27 cm) endemic to montane forests of northern Borneo. Dark brown plumage. Nocturnal insectivore. One of the rarest and least known frogmouths, known from very few specimens. Limited information on ecology and behavior.

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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