Horsfield's Frogmouth vs Tawny Frogmouth

Batrachostomus javensis เปรียบเทียบกับ Podargus strigoides

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Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Horsfield's Frogmouth Tawny Frogmouth
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Batrachostomus javensis Podargus strigoides
อันดับ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Podargidae Podargidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 22.2 cm (8.7 in) 45.8 cm (18.0 in)
น้ำหนัก 46.333333333333336 g (1.63 oz) 430.0 g (15.17 oz)
อาหาร Feeds nocturnally on large beetles, millipedes, and worms; occasionally takes small lizards by ground-pouncing. Nocturnal ground-gleaning insectivore; drops from a perch onto large insects, frogs, and small lizards below.
จำนวนไข่ 1-2 1-5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

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Tawny Frogmouth only

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Song & Call Comparison

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

Tawny Frogmouth

เสียงร้อง

Resonant, repeated 'oom-oom-oom'; low booming hoot; soft and melodious for such a large bird; calls at night from Australian eucalypt forest; alarm a harsh 'grr'

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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.

Tawny Frogmouth

Found throughout Australia including Tasmania. Resident in woodland, forest edge, and suburban areas. Widespread and common across the continent.

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สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Horsfield's Frogmouth

Least Concern

Tawny Frogmouth

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Tawny Frogmouth

ขนนก

Cryptic silver-grey upperparts with black shaft streaks; underparts paler grey with dark streaking; females often more rufous-tawny morph; vivid yellow eyes; heavy hooked bill; famous for bark-mimicking upright posture when …

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About These Birds

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.

Tawny Frogmouth

A large, stocky frogmouth (34-53 cm) endemic to Australia, widespread across the continent. Silvery-grey mottled plumage provides superb camouflage against tree bark. Nocturnal insectivore pouncing on prey from perches. Australia's most commonly encountered nocturnal bird.

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