Papuan Frogmouth
Podargus papuensisQuoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
English (US) Papuan Frogmouth
The Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) 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: New Guinea, including Raja Ampat and Aru Islands, and Australia from northeastern Queensland southward to the Wet Tropics regionRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Podargus papuensis
- Family
- Podargidae (Frogmouths)
- Order
- Podargiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Papuan Frogmouth
- Described by
- Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
- Type locality
- Dorey [i.e. Manokwari] Harbor, New Guinea.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.207 AtlasOis. pl.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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