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Batrachostomus
Javan Frogmouth Kung Ching Waterfall 120211 WEB 116v2
Javan Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Class Aves
Order Caprimulgiformes
Family Podargidae
Genus Batrachostomus

Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths in the Podargidae family. The generic name is a direct translation from the Greek for "frogmouth"; batracho-/βατραχο- "frog" and stoma-/στομα "mouth".

Species[]

Blyth's Frogmouth (Blyth, 1847) (Batrachostomus affinis)
Large Frogmouth (Gray, 1829) (Batrachostomus auritus)
Palawan Frogmouth (Stresemann, 1937) (Batrachostomus chaseni)
Sunda Frogmouth (Temminck, 1822) (Batrachostomus cornutus)
Dulit Frogmouth (Sharpe, 1892) (Batrachostomus harterti)
Hodgson's Frogmouth (Gray, 1859) (Batrachostomus hodgsoni)
Javan Frogmouth (Horsfield, 1821) (Batrachostomus javensis)
Sri Lanka Frogmouth (Blyth, 1849) (Batrachostomus moniliger)
Short-tailed Frogmouth (Hartert, 1892) (Batrachostomus poliolophus)
Bornean Frogmouth (Sharpe, 1892) (Batrachostomus poliolophus mixtus)
Philippine Frogmouth (Tweeddale, 1877) (Batrachostomus septimus)
Gould's Frogmouth (Gould, 1837) (Batrachostomus stellatus)
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