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Tawny Frogmouth in bush land near Capalapa, Brisbane.
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Tawny Frogmouth at Fleay's fauna sanctuary, Gold Coast, Australia.
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Tawny Frogmouth
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff. - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Tawny Frogmouth
Photograph copyright: Nickolay Tilcheff - all rights reserved. Used with permission.
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TAWNY FROGMOUTH FACTS |
Description
The Tawny Frogmouth is silver-grey, streaked and mottled with black and rusty-red. It is sometimes mistaken for an owl, but frogmouths are more closely related to nightjars.
Size
44cm
Habitat
most habitats except dense rainforests and treeless desert.
Food
insects, worms, slugs, snails, small mammals, reptiles, frogs, small birds
Breeding
The nest is a loose platform of sticks on a horizontal forked tree branch. Lays 2-3 eggs.
Range
throughout Australia, including Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Caprimulgiformes | | Family: | Podargidae | | Genus: | Podargus | | Species: | strigoides | | Common Name: | Tawny Frogmouth |
Relatives in same Genus
Marbled Frogmouth (P. ocellatus)
Papuan Frogmouth (P. papuensis)
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