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Batrachostomus moniliger
SUBFAMILY
Batrachostominae
TAXONOMY
Batrachostomus moniliger Blyth, 1849, Ceylon. Monotypic.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Ceylon frogmouth; French: Podarge de Ceylan; German: Ceylonfroschmaul; Spanish: Podargo de Ceilбn.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
8.7–9 in (22–23 cm). Males are brownish gray with black and white lines, a whitish collar across the mantle, and white spots on scapulars, wing-coverts, and underparts. Females are rufous or rufous-brown with reduced markings.
DISTRIBUTION
Southwest India and Sri Lanka.
HABITAT
Forests, woodland, second-growth.
BEHAVIOR
Roosts in dense cover by day, usually as pair together. Active in territory at dusk and during the night, but most details of
BEHAVIOR
are unknown.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Catches insect prey on ground or on branches.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Nest a small circular pad on branch, containing clutch of single egg. Daytime incubation by male.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.

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