Podargus is a small genus of birds in the frogmouth family, Podargidae. All members of this genus are found in Australia, with some species being found in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, as well.
It contains these species to date:
Image
Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Podargus ocellatusQuoy & Gaimard, 1830
Marbled frogmouth
Aru Islands, New Guinea and Queensland
Podargus papuensisQuoy & Gaimard, 1830
Papuan frogmouth
Aru Islands, New Guinea, and Cape York Peninsula.
Podargus strigoides(Latham, 1801)
Tawny frogmouth
Mainland Australia (except far Western Queensland, the central Northern Territory, and most of the Nullabor Plain) and Tasmania
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Podargus is a small genus of birds in the frogmouth family, Podargidae. All members of this genus are found in Australia, with some species being found...
The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species of frogmouth native to the Australian mainland and Tasmania and found throughout. It is a big-headed...
for the clade. Genus Podargus Tawny frogmouth, Podargus strigoides Marbled frogmouth, Podargus ocellatus Papuan frogmouth, Podargus papuensis Genus Batrachostomus...
The marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) is a bird in the family Podargidae. The species was first described by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul...
Frontiers (92). Retrieved 7 January 2015. Wikispecies has information related to Podargus papuensis. Media related to Podargus papuensis at Wikimedia Commons...
frogmouth was thought to be a subspecies of the Australian marbled frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus). However, an expedition by the Florida Museum of Natural History...
prevent her sinking. In late April HMS Podargus arrived to render assistance. After surveying the area, Podargus sailed safely into the Knysna and retrieved...
monitor (Varanus salvator). The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) and the Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) have been reported as feeding on cane...
cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) and two free-living tawny frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) suffering neurological symptoms were shown to have the parasite...
numeric names: authors list (link) Hyginus. Fabulae 30: Latinized here as "Podargus, Lampon, Xanthus, and Dinus". Rose, H. J. (Herbert Jennings), 1883-1961...
frogmouth (Podargus strigoides), which can weigh up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb). Other species nearly as large as the potoo are the Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)...
Ornithomya fuscipennis are also common parasites of the tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) of Australia. Pseudolynchia canariensis is commonly found on...
The coloration of the Papuan frogmouth Podargus papuensis, its outline disrupted by its plumage, its eye concealed in a stripe, is an effective anti-predator...
not Caprimulgus europaeus, Steatornis caripensis, Nyctibius grandis, or Podargus strigoides) and Daedalornithes defined as the crown group (the least inclusive...
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