Papuan Frogmouth
Podargus papuensis· 蟆口鸱科(2 photos)
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Papuan Frogmouth
50-60 cm. Largest frogmouth: bill bulbous; eye red; tail long; wings darker than Tawny Frogmouth. Male: marbled tawny, rufous and grey above, with underlying pale grey and black barrings, black streaks. Note cream-white eyebrow, buff bar along shoulder; sides of face, throat, breast greyer, blotched whitish. Female: more rufous; more evenly, finely marked than male, with less blotching; bill smaller, tail shorter. Immature: browner, darker. Habits like Tawny Frogmouth; habitat, roosting places often denser.
- Voice
- resonant 'oo-oom' like Tawny but deeper, slower; weird ghostly laugh, 'hoo-hoo-hoo'.
- Habitat
- margins of rainforests, tracks, clearings, eucalypt woodlands, scrubs, watercourse vegetation, swamp, dune woodland, mangroves, suburban parks with trees; camping grounds.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Jan.
- Nest
- scanty, of sticks, on base of branch, heavy fork; low to high.
- Eggs
- 1-2; white, variable.
- Range & Status
- ne. Q, and islands: large, pale race rogersi: C. York, s. on Gulf coast to Staaten R., s. on e. coast to c. Cooktown; smaller, darker rainforest-dwelling race baileyi: s. to c. Mt Spec NP, near Townsville. Common in n., scarce, mostly coastal, s. of Cooktown. Sedentary. Also Torres Strait, PNG, Aru, other islands.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Podargus papuensis rogersi 2. Podargus papuensis baileyi
