''Batrachostomus'' is a

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frogmouth The frogmouths (Podargidae) are a group of nocturnal birds related to owlet-nightjars, swifts, and hummingbirds. Species in the group are distributed in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. Biology They are named for their large flattened ...

s. The generic name is a direct translation from the

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for 'frogmouth'; / 'frog' and / 'mouth'. It includes the following species: *

Large frogmouth The large frogmouth (''Batrachostomus auritus'') is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Logging of its habitat poses a risk to its ...

, ''Batrachostomus auritus'' * Dulit frogmouth, ''Batrachostomus harterti'' *

Philippine frogmouth The Philippine frogmouth (''Batrachostomus septimus'') is a nocturnal bird that can be found throughout the Philippine archipelago. It is common in lowland forests and maturing second growth. There is little information about the bird. It feeds ...

, ''Batrachostomus septimus'' * Palawan frogmouth, ''Batrachostomus chaseni'' *

Blyth's frogmouth The Blyth’s frogmouth (''Batrachostomus affinis'') is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. They are brownish or rufescent brown with a slightly round bill and tail, and have tufts of bristles in front of the eyes and at the base of the ...

, ''Batrachostomus affinis'' * Gould's frogmouth, ''Batrachostomus stellatus'' *

Sri Lanka frogmouth The Sri Lanka frogmouth, Sri Lankan frogmouth or Ceylon frogmouth (''Batrachostomus moniliger'') is a small frogmouth found in the Western Ghats of south India and Sri Lanka. Related to the nightjars, it is nocturnal and is found in forest habi ...

, ''Batrachostomus moniliger'' *

Hodgson's frogmouth Hodgson's frogmouth (''Batrachostomus hodgsoni'') is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. The commo ...

, ''Batrachostomus hodgsoni'' *

Sumatran frogmouth The Sumatran frogmouth (''Batrachostomus poliolophus''), also known as the short-tailed frogmouth and the pale-faced frogmouth, is a nocturnal bird belonging to the family Podargidae. It is endemic to the island of Sumatra in Indonesia I ...

, ''Batrachostomus poliolophus'' *

Javan frogmouth The Javan frogmouth (''Batrachostomus javensis''), sometimes known as Horsfield's frogmouth, is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Blyth's and Palawan frogmouths. Found in Southeast Asia, ...

, ''Batrachostomus javensis'' *

Sunda frogmouth The Sunda frogmouth (''Batrachostomus cornutus'') is a medium-sized, old world species of bird within the order Podargiformes. It is also uncommonly referred to as the long-tailed frogmouth or the horned frogmouth. The term "Sunda" is based on t ...

, ''Batrachostomus cornutus'' * Bornean frogmouth, ''Batrachostomus mixtus''

References

Bird genera Birds of Southeast Asia {{Podargiformes-stub