Sunda Frogmouth vs Philippine Frogmouth

Batrachostomus cornutus so với Batrachostomus septimus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Sunda Frogmouth Philippine Frogmouth
Tên Khoa Học Batrachostomus cornutus Batrachostomus septimus
Bộ Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Họ Podargidae Podargidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 26,7 cm (10.5 in) 31,3 cm (12.3 in)
Khối Lượng 46,3 g (1.63 oz) 84,7 g (2.99 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Nocturnal forager on large insects and small lizards; sallies from perches to ground in dense … Night-active predator pouncing from low perches onto large invertebrates including beetles, scorpions, and centipedes.
Số Trứng 1 1
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Sunda Frogmouth only

Philippine Frogmouth only

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Song & Call Comparison

Sunda Frogmouth

Tiếng Hót

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

Philippine Frogmouth

Tiếng Hót

Repeated melodic 'kwee-kwee'; descending whistled phrase; calls from Philippine forest at night; medium-pitched; alarm a soft hiss; calls from low perch in dense undergrowth

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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.

Philippine Frogmouth

Endemic to the Philippines, found on Luzon, Palawan, Mindanao, and adjacent islands. Resident in lowland and hill forest up to 1,500 m.

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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Sunda Frogmouth

Least Concern

Philippine Frogmouth

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How to Tell Them Apart

Sunda Frogmouth

Bộ Lông

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 …

Philippine Frogmouth

Bộ Lông

Males greyish-brown with fine black freckling and white-spotted scapulars; females rufous-chestnut with buff-white spotting; underparts barred buff and brown; Philippine endemic exhibiting typical Batrachostomus sexual dichromatism.

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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.

Philippine Frogmouth

A medium-sized frogmouth (24-27 cm) found across the Philippines in lowland and montane forests. Rufous-brown plumage with fine white spots. Nocturnal insectivore. Sexually dimorphic, with rufous and brown morphs. Found from sea level to 2,000 m elevation.

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