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Batrachostomus poliolophus

(Bornean Frogmouth)

Overview

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Near Threatened

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Bornean Frogmouth, Pale-headed Frogmouth, Short-tailed Frogmouth

Common Names in French:

Podarge à tête grise

Common Names in German:

Graukopf-Froschmaul

Common Names in Japanese:

スマトラガマグチヨタカ

Description

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Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: It occurs in sub-montane primary forest and mixed pine forest between 660 and 1,400 m. It feeds on insects.

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List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 28-Sep-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Batrachostomus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in this genus:

B. affinis (Blyth's Frogmouth) · B. auritus (Large Frogmouth) · B. cornutus (Bornean Frogmouth) · B. cornutus cornutus (Bornean Frogmouth) · B. harterti (Dulit Frogmouth) · B. hodgsoni (Hodgson's Frogmouth) · B. hodgsoni hodgsoni (Hodgson's Frogmouth) · B. javensis (Blyth's Frogmouth) · B. javensis javensis (Javan Frogmouth) · B. mixtus (Sharpe's Frogmouth) · B. moniliger (Sri Lanka Frogmouth) · B. poliolophus (Bornean Frogmouth) · B. poliolophus poliolophus (Short-Tailed Frogmouth) · B. pygmaeus (Pygmy Frogmouth) · B. septimus (Philippine Frogmouth) · B. septimus septimus (Philippine Frogmouth) · B. stellatus (Gould's Frogmouth)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. BirdLife International 2008. Batrachostomus poliolophus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-14