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[[Image:Marbled_Frogmouth.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''marmoratus''. Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Location: Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, far north [[Queensland]]]]
 
[[Image:Marbled_Frogmouth.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''marmoratus''. Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Location: Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, far north [[Queensland]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Podargus|Podargus]] ocellatus
 
;[[:Category:Podargus|Podargus]] ocellatus
'''Includes: Cinnamon Frogmouth'''
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
Rich brown plumage, flecked with black and white. Long, graduated tail and tuft of cream and chestnut-banded plumes protruding above the bill.
 
Rich brown plumage, flecked with black and white. Long, graduated tail and tuft of cream and chestnut-banded plumes protruding above the bill.
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*''P.o. marmoratus''
 
*''P.o. marmoratus''
 
*''P.o. plumiferus''
 
*''P.o. plumiferus''
*''P.o. inexpectata''
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[[Solomons Frogmouth]] (or Cinnamon Frogmouth) ''Rigidipenna inexpectata'' was formerly treated as subspecies of this species.
  
Subspecies ''inexpectata'' from the Solomon Islands is sometimes accepted as full species (Cinnamon Frogmouth or Solomon Islands Frogmouth) and even placed in its own genus [[:Category:Rigidipenna|Rigidipenna]].
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Subtropical rainforest from which they may fourage into neighboring woodlands.
 
Subtropical rainforest from which they may fourage into neighboring woodlands.
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Podargus+ocellatus}}
 
{{GSearch|Podargus+ocellatus}}
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=26&bid=295 View more images of this species on the ABID]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Podargus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Podargus]]

Latest revision as of 21:44, 12 February 2017

Subspecies marmoratus. Photo by Hans&Judy Beste
Location: Iron Range, Cape York Peninsula, far north Queensland
Podargus ocellatus

Identification

Rich brown plumage, flecked with black and white. Long, graduated tail and tuft of cream and chestnut-banded plumes protruding above the bill.

Distribution

Australia and New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Several subspecies accepted:

  • P.o. ocellatus
  • P.o. intermedius
  • P.o. meeki
  • P.o. marmoratus
  • P.o. plumiferus

Solomons Frogmouth (or Cinnamon Frogmouth) Rigidipenna inexpectata was formerly treated as subspecies of this species.

Habitat

Subtropical rainforest from which they may fourage into neighboring woodlands.

Behaviour

Fouraging primarily along tracks, streams, etc.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 1997. Birds of Australia (Collins Field Guide). HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-00-220132-1
  3. Birdforum thread discussing taxonomy of Nightjars and Frogmouths.

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