Sunda Frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus)

Other Names (World)
Sunda Frogmouth, Horned Frogmouth, Long-tailed Frogmouth

Family
Podargidae (Frogmouths)

Size
23 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1822)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, mangroves, and heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Sunda Frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) [XC498385]
by id from North Siberut, Kepulauan Mentawai, West Sumatra, Indonesia (call)

Sunda Frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) [XC498382]
by Frank Lambert from North Siberut, Kepulauan Mentawai, West Sumatra, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
Formerly considered conspecific with Horsfield's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis) by some, but a combined study of vocalizations and museum specimens in 1978 confirmed earlier ideas that the two should be regarded as separate species. Recent suggestion that a population of small Batrachostomus in Palawan ("chaseni") may be a subspecies of present species appears to be without foundation, since chaseni is best regarded as a synonym of subspecies affinis of Horsfield's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cornutus (Temminck, 1822) - Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung to Borneo and Banggi I (off northern Borneo).
longicaudatus Hoogerwerf, 1962 - Kangean Is (Neast of Java).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sunda Frogmouth (Batrachostomus cornutus) - 10 files

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