Batrachostomus


Batrachostomus is a genus of frogmouths. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.

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. The generic name is a direct translation from the Ancient Greek for 'frogmouth'; /βατραχο- 'frog' and /στομα 'mouth'.
The genus contains 12 species:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
 Batrachosomus auritusLarge frogmouthMalay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
 Batrachosomus hartertiDulit frogmouthBorneo montane rain forests
 Batrachosomus septimusPhilippine frogmouthPhilippines
 Batrachosomus stellatusGould's frogmouthMalay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
 Batrachosomus moliligerSri [Lanka frogmouth]southwest India and Sri Lanka
 Batrachosomus hodgsoniHodgson's frogmouthmontane northeast India and Indochina
- Batrachosomus poliolophusSumatran frogmouthSumatra
- Batrachosomus mixtusBornean frogmouthBorneo
- Batrachosomus javensisJavan frogmouthJava
 Batrachosomus affinisBlyth's frogmouthSoutheast Asia
- Batrachosomus chaseniPalawan frogmouthPalawan
- Batrachosomus cornutusSunda frogmouthSumatra and Borneo