Sri Lanka Frogmouth
Batrachostomus moniligerBlyth, E, 1849
English (US) Sri Lanka Frogmouth
The Sri Lanka Frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger) 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: humid forest of southwestern India and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Batrachostomus moniliger
- Family
- Podargidae (Frogmouths)
- Order
- Podargiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sri Lanka Frogmouth
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1849
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Blyth, E, 1849
- Type locality
- Ceylon.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18, pt.2 p.806
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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