Derivation
Pö-dar'-gus - from Fr. podarge of Cuvier, probably for le podarge, gouty foot: strig-öïd'-ës - Gk, strigos, owl; Gk, -oides, from eidos, form = like
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) [XC200413]
by Jeremy Hegge from Wyperfeld National Park (near Yaapeet), Victoria, Australia (song)
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) [XC692557]
by Nathan Yaschenko from Yaranabee Creek, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia (alarm call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
August - December, but after rain inland.
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Nest
An open platform of fine sticks and twigs loosely put together, often lined with green leaves, usually placed on a horizontal fork up to 15 m above the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
1 - 3, usually 2; pure white; ellipsoidal; 40 - 50 x 30 - 35 mm in southeast to 35 - 45 x 25 - 33 mm in north. Incubation: 28 - 32 days; by both sexes. Eggs are laid at one - three night intervals.
Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 25 - 35 days.
Subspecies
Proposed subspecies lilae (Groote Eylandt) and gouldi (north-eastern Australia) included in phalaenoides, while cornwalli (eastern Queensland), victoriae (south-central Australia) and cuvieri (Tasmania) all now lumped into nominate. Much of the variation now known to be clinal, resulting in various recent treatments reducing number of valid subspecies to five, three, two or none, but detailed studies now indicate three should be accepted.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
strigoides (Latham, 1801) - Mainland Australia, east and south of the Great Divide from the Burdekin River to south-eastern SA and Tasmania.
brachypterus Gould, 1841 - Western Australia (north to Great Sandy Desert) north-east to Channel Country of Queensland and south-east to Murray mallee in Victoria.
phalaenoides Gould, 1840 - Throughout northern Australia, south to Great Sandy Desert, Barkly Tableland and southern plains of Gulf of Carpenteria in Queensland.
Similar Species
In Qld and north-eastern NSW with Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) and in north-eastern Qld with Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis).
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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