• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
ZEISS DTI thermal imaging cameras. For more discoveries at night, and during the day.

Difference between revisions of "Marbled Frogmouth" - BirdForum Opus

 
(13 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
;Podargus ocellatus
+
[[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|Photo by Hans & Judy Beste]]
+
;[[:Category:Podargus|Podargus]] ocellatus
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Location:  Iron Range/Cape York Peninsula/Far North Queensland
+
Rich brown plumage, flecked with black and white. Long, graduated tail and tuft of cream and chestnut-banded plumes protruding above the bill.
 
 
Scientific name: Podargus ocellatus
 
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerable
 
The Marbled Frogmouth is a small to medium sized frogmouth with rich brown plumage delicately flecked and peppered with black and white. It has a long, graduated tail and prominent tuft of cream and chestnut banded plumes protruding above the bill. The species has a loud bubbling, gobbling territorial call ending with a bill clap and a softer “koo-loo” contact call. It can be distinguished from the more common and widespread Tawny Frogmouth by its longer tail, finely patterned plumage and distinctive call.
 
 
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
Two widely separated races occur with one confined to Cape York Peninsula and other found between Gladstone in south-east Queensland and Lismore in north-east NSW. Its NSW distribution extends west to the upper Clarence River and it is generally rare.  
+
[[Australia]] and [[New Guinea]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==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==
 
==Habitat==
Prefers subtropical rainforest spending most time in deep, wet, sheltered gullies frequently containing stands of Bangalow Palms.
+
Subtropical rainforest from which they may fourage into neighboring woodlands.
Less frequently it occurs in higher elevation temperate rainforests and wet eucalypt forest with a well-developed rainforest understorey.
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 +
Fouraging primarily along tracks, streams, etc.
 +
==References==
 +
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Pizzey, G. & Knight, F. 1997. Birds of Australia (Collins Field Guide). HarperCollins Publishers, London. ISBN 0-00-220132-1
 +
#[http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1874287 Birdforum thread] discussing taxonomy of Nightjars and Frogmouths.
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Podargus+ocellatus View more images of Marbled Frogmouth in the gallery]
+
{{GSearch|Podargus+ocellatus}}
[[Category:Birds]]
+
 
 +
[[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.

External Links

Back
Top