frogmouths
podargidae latin

A family of tawny frogmouths has made its home in the garden.

The frogmouths form a well-defined group within the order Caprimulgiformes.

Tawny frogmouths are common in suburbs, having adapted to human presence.

Tawny frogmouths face a number of threats from human activities and pets.

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars.

Kestrels and tawny frogmouths are also a sign of ecosystem health.

However neither the choughs nor the frogmouths laid eggs in the nest during the following 2 years.

Significant differences in the orientation of tawny frogmouths on branches has been observed during winter and summer months.

As with all frogmouths they have a bristly feathered tuft over the base of the top bill.

At night, frogmouths and nightjars feast on them.

Tawny frogmouths also make distinctive drumming noises during breeding season.

Frogmouths often get killed on the roads due to their ground feeding habits.Is often seen in family groups.

Tawny frogmouths have three distinct colour morphs, grey being the most common in both sexes.

Owlet-nightjars are small crepuscular birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths.

They also resemble the frogmouths of Australasia, that are stockier and have much heavier bills.

Besides owls, bat hawks, frogmouths and nightjars also display good night vision.

Tawny frogmouths are unable to survive the winter months without spending much of their days and nights in torpor.

As they have adapted to live in close proximity to human populations, tawny frogmouths are at high risk of exposure to pesticides.

The Papuan frogmouth is the largest of frogmouths in terms of length.

The ten Batrachostomus frogmouths are found in tropical Asia.

A pair of tawny frogmouths snuggle in a tree in the backyard.

The conservation status of tawny frogmouths is "Least Concern" due to their widespread distribution.

Owls and tawny frogmouths may present with anisocoria.

Tawny frogmouths are stocky and compact with rounded wings and short legs.

The large frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus) is a species of bird in the Podargidae family.

The Dulit frogmouth (Batrachostomus harterti) is a little-known species of bird in the Podargidae, or frogmouth, family, with a patchily recorded distribution in the mountain forests of northern and central Borneo to which it is endemic.

Other endemic Asian or mainly Asian families include Acrocephalidae, Aegithalidae, Certhiidae, Cettiidae, Chloropseidae, Dromadidae, Eupetidae, Eurylaimidae, Hemiprocnidae, Hypocoliidae, Ibidorhynchidae, Muscicapidae, Phasianidae, Pityriaseidae, Podargidae, Tichodromadidae and Turdidae.