Batrachostomus
Genus of birds
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Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.
| Batrachostomus | |
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| Philippine frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Podargiformes |
| Family: | Podargidae |
| Genus: | Batrachostomus Gould, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Podargus auritus Gray, JE, 1829 | |
| Species | |
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Taxonomy
The genus Batrachostomus was introduced in 1838 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species, Podargus auritus Gray, JE, the large frogmouth, which is therefore the type species.[1][2] The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; batracho-/βατραχο- 'frog' and stoma-/στομα 'mouth'.[3]
The genus contains 12 species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Batrachosomus auritus | Large frogmouth | Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
 | Batrachosomus harterti | Dulit frogmouth | Borneo montane rain forests |
| | Batrachosomus septimus | Philippine frogmouth | Philippines |
 | Batrachosomus stellatus | Gould's frogmouth | Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo |
 | Batrachosomus moliliger | Sri Lanka frogmouth | southwest India and Sri Lanka |
 | Batrachosomus hodgsoni | Hodgson's frogmouth | montane northeast India and Indochina |
| - | Batrachosomus poliolophus | Sumatran frogmouth | Sumatra |
| - | Batrachosomus mixtus | Bornean frogmouth | Borneo |
| - | Batrachosomus javensis | Javan frogmouth | Java |
.jpg) | Batrachosomus affinis | Blyth's frogmouth | Southeast Asia |
| - | Batrachosomus chaseni | Palawan frogmouth | Palawan |
| - | Batrachosomus cornutus | Sunda frogmouth | Sumatra and Borneo |
