Frogmouths (Podargidae)
Hodgson's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus hodgsoni) - HBW 5, p. 286
French: Podarge de Hodgson
German: Langschwanz-Froschmaul
Spanish: Podargo Colilargo
Taxonomy: Otothrix hodgsoni G. R. Gray, 1859, northern India = Darjeeling, Sikkim.
Resembles B. moniliger in coloration and pattern, and the two species replace each other geographically, but differences in the facial bristles, clutch size, egg size and adult plumage markings suggest that they are probably too dissimilar to be regarded as forming a superspecies. Sometimes treated as a race of B. javensis, but differences in bill size and structure, development of facial bristles, relative tail length and vocalizations, and also perhaps in bare-part colours (bill said to be darker), too great for them to be considered even as forming a superspecies. Populations.. View all taxonomy...
Resembles B. moniliger in coloration and pattern, and the two species replace each other geographically, but differences in the facial bristles, clutch size, egg size and adult plumage markings suggest that they are probably too dissimilar to be regarded as forming a superspecies. Sometimes treated as a race of B. javensis, but differences in bill size and structure, development of facial bristles, relative tail length and vocalizations, and also perhaps in bare-part colours (bill said to be darker), too great for them to be considered even as forming a superspecies. Populations from S parts of Myanmar to Indochina often separated racially as indochinae; they average smaller and shorter-tailed, but measurements overlap with those from India. Manipur birds (“rupchandi”) are apparently inseparable from other Indian populations. Monotypic.
Distribution: Hills and lower mountains of NE India (Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh S to Manipur and Tripura) and SE Bangladesh through N, W & E Myanmar to SW China (SW Yunnan), NW Thailand, NW & S Laos and C Vietnam (Annam).
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A female on a branch, looking down Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 November 2004 6 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
A female on a branch, at night Locality Doi Ang Khang, North Western Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 November 2004 6 years ago 37 sec 3.8
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寻找其它鸟事，突然看到前面树枝上一只黑顶蟆口鸱。
Locality Doi Lang, North Western Thailand, Thailand
bird.soong 5 April 2013 10 weeks ago 4.8 -
A bird perched on a trunk, at night.
Locality Mount Victoria (Nat Ma Taung), Chin State, Myanmar (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 February 2011 37 weeks ago 4.1 -
A bird perched on a branch (at night).
Locality Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Monotypic species)
James Eaton 1 March 2009 26 weeks ago 4
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Song or call? Locality Doi Chiang Dao National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
AnteStrand 22 December 2009 3 years ago 4 -
Song at night. Locality Doi Chiang Dao National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand
AnteStrand 22 December 2009 3 years ago 3.5
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