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. The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; / 'frog' and / 'mouth'.
The genus contains 12 species:
Image Scientific name Common name Distribution Batrachosomus auritus Large frogmouth Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo Batrachosomus harterti Dulit frogmouth Borneo montane rain forests Batrachosomus septimus Philippine frogmouth Philippines Batrachosomus stellatus Gould's frogmouth Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo Batrachosomus moliliger Sri Lanka frogmouth southwest India and Sri Lanka 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 Batrachosomus affinis Blyth's frogmouth Southeast Asia - Batrachosomus chaseni Palawan frogmouth Palawan - Batrachosomus cornutus Sunda frogmouth Sumatra and Borneo
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