Blyth's frogmouth

Blyth's frogmouth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Podargiformes
Family: Podargidae
Genus: Batrachostomus
Species:
B. affinis
Binomial name
Batrachostomus affinis
Blyth, 1847
Range of B. javensis

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 bill.[1] Batrachostomus occur from India and Sri Lanka, across mainland southeast Asia and as far as Borneo, Java, and Sumatra.[2] More specifically, the Blyth’s frogmouths are scattered between southeastern Myanmar and Indonesia. Like other frogmouth species, they are insectivorous.[3]

  1. ^ Cleere, Nigel (1998). Nightjars: A guide to Nightjars and related nightbirds. Netherlands and Belgium: Pica Press. ISBN 1-873403-48-8.
  2. ^ Cleere, Nigel (2010). Nightjars, Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird, and Owlet-nightjars of the World. Princeton University Press (published August 10, 2021). doi:10.1515/9781400836161. ISBN 9781400836161.
  3. ^ Holyoak, D.T. (2001). Nightjars and their Allies: The Caprimulgiformes. New York, United States: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198549873.