Animalia Life
Batrachostomus auritus
SUBFAMILY
Batrachostominae
TAXONOMY
Podargus auritus J. E. Gray, 1829, Sumatra. Monotypic.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Podarge oreillard; German: Riesenfroschmaul; Spanish:
Podargo Orejudo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
16–17 in (40–43 cm); 7.25 oz (206 g). Largest Asian frogmouth.
Upperparts are chestnut to light brown with pale bars
on scapulars and blackish-edged whitish spots on wing coverts;
underparts are rufous brown with buff to white spots. Coloration
of males and females is similar.
DISTRIBUTION
Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo.
HABITAT
Lowland rainforest.
BEHAVIOR
Little known; daytime roosts in canopy or tree-hole; active
only at night.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Diet of insects including cicadas and grasshoppers.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Tiny nest on branch of shrub or sapling, with clutch of single egg.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Near Threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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