Biology:Batrachostomus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Batrachostomus | |
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| Philippine frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Podargiformes |
| Family: | Podargidae |
| Genus: | Batrachostomus Gould, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Podargus auritus[1] Gray, 1829
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Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. The generic name is a direct translation from the Greek for 'frogmouth'; batracho-/βατραχο- 'frog' and stoma-/στομα 'mouth'.[2] It includes the following species:
- Large frogmouth, Batrachostomus auritus
- Dulit frogmouth, Batrachostomus harterti
- Philippine frogmouth, Batrachostomus septimus
- Palawan frogmouth, Batrachostomus chaseni
- Blyth's frogmouth, Batrachostomus affinis
- Gould's frogmouth, Batrachostomus stellatus
- Sri Lanka frogmouth, Batrachostomus moniliger
- Hodgson's frogmouth, Batrachostomus hodgsoni
- Sumatran frogmouth, Batrachostomus poliolophus
- Javan frogmouth, Batrachostomus javensis
- Sunda frogmouth, Batrachostomus cornutus
- Bornean frogmouth, Batrachostomus mixtus
References
- ↑ "Podargidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=73.
- ↑ Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4. https://archive.org/details/lexicon00lidd.
Wikidata ☰ Q853979 entry
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