Large Frogmouth
Batrachostomus auritus(Gray, JE, 1829)
English (US) Large Frogmouth
The Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Podargidae (Frogmouths) in the order Podargiformes.
Range: central and southern Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Natuna Islands, and BorneoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Batrachostomus auritus
- Family
- Podargidae (Frogmouths)
- Order
- Podargiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Large Frogmouth
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Podargus Auritus
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1829)
- Type locality
- No locality = Sumatra.
- Original description
- The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed 7 p.114,pl.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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