Pygmy Frogmouth (Batrachostomus pygmaeus)

Family
Podargidae (Frogmouths)

Size
23 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Alviola, 1997)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, mangroves.

Range (Guide)

Palawan (Basuanga I).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2013).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Batrachostomus pygmaeus described as new to science by Alviola (1997) but this treatment has not been adopted by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group, which follows Holyoak (1999) and Dickinson (2003) in regarding pygmaeus as an example of Horsfield's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Horsfield's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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