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 LC    Marbled Frogmouth* Id (Atlas): 314
    Podargus ocellatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Marbled Frogmouth, Little Papuan Frogmouth, Plumed Frogmouth (plumiferus)

Family
Podargidae (Frogmouths)

Size
37 - 48 cm

First Described (Guide)
Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Derivation
Pö-dar'-gus - from Fr. podarge of Cuvier, probably for le podarge, gouty foot: o-cell-ä'-tus - L., marked with little eyes (spotted)

Abundance (Guide)
UC

Uncommon on Cape York, rare, and perhaps endangered on the east coast.

Habitat
Tropical and subtropical rainforest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)
Australia (B) (NB), Indonesia (B) (NB), Papua New Guinea (B) (NB).

Image of Range of Marbled Frogmouth
Two distinct populations, once regarded as separte species. Extreme north-eastern New South Wales and south-western Queensland, and on Cape York Peninsula and in New Guinea.
 
Rarity Status
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Status LC
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Possibly endangered.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually singly and usually observed roosting during the day.

Food
Mainly large nocturnal insects.

Voice
A rapid, descending 'coop-coop-coop-gobble-gobble-gobble'. Also a deep, pulsating ''kooloo-kooloo-kooloo'.



Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

 
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) [XC436286]
     by Marc Anderson from Old Coen Track, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (song)

 
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) [XC435812]
     by Marc Anderson from Cook's Hut Camping Area, Iron Range National Park, Queensland, Australia (song)

Breeding Season (Guide)
August - December.

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Nest
A flat platform of twigs on a branch in dense scrub.

Eggs (Guide)
1, rarely 2; dull white; ellipsoidal; 35 - 39 x 26 - 30 mm. Incubation: by both sexes.

Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 31 days.

Subspecies
Podargus ocellatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) and Solomons Frogmouth (Rigidipenna inexpectata) following Cleere et al. (2007).

Subspecies inexpectatus of Solomon Is shows strong superficial resemblance to Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), although differs in structural details and lacks white hindneck-collar. Taxonomy of southernmost subspecies plumiferus much confused in past, partly because of dearth of available specimens, leading to over-reliance on descriptions; it has been treated as a subspecies of Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) or of Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), but recent study of specimens and vocalizations leaves little doubt that it is best regarded as a subspecies of present species.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

  • ocellatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830   -  New Guinea, West Papuan islands, islands in Geelvink Bay and Aru Island.
  • marmoratus Gould, 1855   -  Australia, eastern Cape York Peninsula south to the McILwraith Ranges.
  • plumiferus Gould, 1846   -  Australia, south-eastern Qld and north-eastern New South Wales, from Many Peaks Ranges in the north to the Manning River, New South Wales in the south.
  • meeki Hartert, 1898   -  Tagula Island, Louisiade Archipelago.
  • inexpectatus Hartert, 1901   -  Bougainville and Solomon islands. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Solomons Frogmouth (Rigidipenna inexpectata).
  • intermedius Hartert, 1895   -  Trobriand Is and D'Entrecasteaux Is.


Similar Species
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) which is much larger.

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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


Files:
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