Biology:Batrachostomus
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Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus Batrachostomus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, Podargus auritus Gray, JE, the large frogmouth, which is therefore the type species.[1][2] The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; batracho-/βατραχο- 'frog' and stoma-/στομα 'mouth'.[3]
The genus contains 12 species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125px | Batrachosomus auritus | Large frogmouth | Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
| 125px | Batrachosomus harterti | Dulit frogmouth | Borneo montane rain forests |
| 125px | Batrachosomus septimus | Philippine frogmouth | Philippines |
| 125px | Batrachosomus stellatus | Gould's frogmouth | Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
| 125px | Batrachosomus moliliger | Sri Lanka frogmouth | southwest India and Sri Lanka |
| 125px | Batrachosomus hodgsoni | Hodgson's frogmouth | montane northeast India and Indochina |
| - | Batrachosomus poliolophus | Sumatran frogmouth | Sumatra |
| - | Batrachosomus mixtus | Bornean frogmouth | Borneo |
| - | Batrachosomus javensis | Javan frogmouth | Java |
| 125px | Batrachosomus affinis | Blyth's frogmouth | Southeast Asia |
| - | Batrachosomus chaseni | Palawan frogmouth | Palawan |
| - | Batrachosomus cornutus | Sunda frogmouth | Sumatra and Borneo |
References
- ↑ Gould, John (1838). Icones Avium, or figures and descriptions of new and interesting species of birds from various parts of the globe. Part 2. London: self. Plate 17 and text (plates not numbered). https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53498465.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 177. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14476648.
- ↑ Liddell & Scott (1980). Greek-English Lexicon, Abridged Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-910207-4. https://archive.org/details/lexicon00lidd.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (February 2025). "Nightjars, Oilbird, potoos, frogmouths". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/nightjars/.
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