Palawan Frogmouth
Batrachostomus chaseni
A medium-sized night bird of lowland forest on Palawan, where it is the only frogmouth. Male is gray-brown and lightly speckled above with barred flight feathers and tail. Female is more rufous-brown with less patterning. Both sexes have a broken white line above the shoulder and are heavily scalloped with white on the belly, more sparsely on the chest. Note the prominent whiskers around the face. More often heard than seen. Voice is a raspy, whistled “reh-weuu!” with the second note falling.
Identification
The Palawan frogmouth (Batrachostomus chaseni) is a species of bird in the family Podargidae. It is found on Palawan in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forest. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Javan and Blyth's frogmouth.
Taxonomy
Genus: Batrachostomus; Family: Podargidae; Order: Podargiformes.
- Scientific name
- Batrachostomus chaseni
- Authority
- Stresemann, 1937
- Order
- Podargiformes
- Family
- Podargidae
- Genus
- Batrachostomus
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