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Alternative name: Horsfield's Frogmouth
- Batrachostomus javensis
Includes Blyth's Frogmouth, Palawan Frogmouth
Identification
Distribution
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines and Thailand.
Taxonomy
There are four subspecies:
- B. j. affinis
- B. j. continentalis
- B. j. javensis
- B. j. chaseni
B. j. affinis and B. j. continentalis are considered a separate species, (Blyth's Frogmouth B. affinis) by Sibley & Monroe (1993, 1996) and BirdLife (2008). Additionally, Batrachostomus chaseni (Palawan Frogmouth) has also been proposed as another full species.
Habitat
Forest.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Nightjars and Frogmouths.